Court orders final forfeiture of military officer’s properties worth N3.07bn

Justice N.E.Maha of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the final forfeiture of 20 landed properties worth N3.07billion linked to a “top military officer” to the Federal Government.

The judge granted the order while ruling on the application filed by EFCC counsel, Cosmos Ugwu and Musa Isah.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

He, however, did not name the military officer.

The spokesman said the assets were controlled through proxies including late General Aminu Maude, and companies such as Atlasfield Integrated Services Nigeria Limited, Marhaba Events Place, Aflac Plastics and Atlasfield Gas Plant Limited.

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The assets which are located in Kano, Katsina, Cross River and Kaduna States include fuel stations, event centers, plazas, block industries, truck assembly plant, polythene production factory and table water factory.

Others are plot of land at Rake, Adjacent to Dara Orthopaedic Hospital, Kano (N300,000,000) and 117 hectares of land located at Adiabo, Oduapani local government area of Cross River (N386,000,000).

The court had in May 2020 ordered the interim forfeiture of the properties following an ex parte application by the EFCC.

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