Court orders interim forfeiture of Saraki's Ilorin home

Date: 2019-12-02

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, ordered the interim forfeiture of the Ilorin residence of the immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

In a statement issued by the EFCC on Monday, it said the judge, Rilwan Aikawa, gave the order, after an ex-parte application by the commission

According to the statement, the property located at 1, Abdulkadir Street, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State, was 'seized' on the grounds that it was acquired with proceeds of unlawful activity.

Ruling on the application, Mr Aikawa ordered the interim forfeiture of the property.

He also directed the applicant to cause the order to be published in a national newspaper and invite anyone "with an interest in the property to show cause, why the mansion valued at over a billion naira, should not be forfeited to the Federal Government."

The recent forfeiture comes days after the two-term governor of Kwara State accused the EFCC of plotting to secure a forfeit order on his home in Ilorin.

"The court had restrained the respondents (EFCC) by itself, subordinates, agents, servants, or privies howsoever, from seizing, impounding, taking over, confiscating or otherwise forfeiting the applicant's (Saraki) right to and peacefully enjoy any of his assets and properties," an irate Mr Saraki said in a statement by his media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu.

The EFCC in October had also secured an interim forfeiture of Mr Saraki's Ikoyi, Lagos State home through a judge of the Lagos Division Federal High Court, Mohammed Limana.

The court also gave 14 days for anyone with an interest in the properties to show cause why it should not be permanently forfeited.

The Probe

Mr Saraki has been repeatedly investigated by the EFCC since he was Kwara State governor.

During the recent investigation, the EFCC wrote a letter to the Kwara State Government demanding a breakdown of Mr Saraki's income, as well as his entitlements as governor of the state.

The agency said it was investigating Mr Saraki for an alleged case of conspiracy, abuse of office, misappropriation of public funds, theft, and money-laundering.

Before being elected to the Senate in 2011, Mr Saraki was the governor of Kwara State between 2003 and 2011.

In reaction, Mr Saraki, who was once a prominent leader in the ruling APC, had described moves to probe him as politically-motivated and a witch-hunt.

Mr Saraki, a leader of the main opposition party, PDP, said the agency was investigating matters that were already settled.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Afolayan     Mubarak Oladosu     Photo News     Isapa     Unilorin FM     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Kwara 2015     Lanre Jimoh     Ibrahim Taiwo     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Muhammed Abdullahi     Saka Adeyemo     Offa Grammer School     Salman Suleiman     Wahab Kunle Shittu     General Hospital     Abdullahi Atanda     Halimat Yusuf     Mamman Saba Jibril     Emir Of Lafiagi     Abubakar Imam     Bello Oyedepo     Laboratory-to-Product     Folashade Omoniyi     Dan-Kazeem     George Funsho Adebayo     IQRA College     Najim Yaasin     Toyin Abdullahi     Durosinlohun Kawu     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Just Event Online     Awili Pedro     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Moses Afolayan     College Of Health     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Zara Umar     KSIRS     Admiralty Villa     AbdulRauf Keji     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Medview Airlines     Rashidi Yekini     Mohammed Abduraheem     Akanji     Basit Olatunji     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Dankaka     Harmony Holdings     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Mukhtar Shagaya     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Metro Park     Florence Saraki     National Pilot     Ajasse-Ipo     Ethical College     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Offa     Bursary     Ilofa     Nigeria Customs Service     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Muhammed Aliyu     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Elekoyangan     Bashirat Bola Bello     Saduki Lafiagi     Oyun     Ilorin Central Mosque     Saliu Alamoyo     Aliyu U. Tilde     Folajimi Aleshinloye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mogaji Aare     Micheal Imoudu     Sheikh Ariyibi     Sa\'adu Salahu     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Ayedun     Emir Of Kano     Arik     Mohammed Danjuma     United Nigeria Congress Party     Esinrogunjo     Assayomo     Ayo Opadokun     IDPU     Siraj Oyewale     Salman Suleiman     Bayo Ojo     David Oyedepo     Gbenga Olawepo     Yoruba     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Col. Taiwo     Bola Tinubu     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Tunde Oyawoye     Bamikole Omishore     Rachael Obisesan     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     NULGE     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Aremu Odolaye     Suleiman Mora Omar     AbdulRahman Saad     Maja     Wale Oladepo     Bashiru Makama     Mahe Abdulkadir     Bursary     Saba Mamman Daniel     Yahaya Muhammad     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Kwara Politics     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Baruten     James Ayeni     Mujtabah Bature     CKNG     Isiaq Khadeejah     Tinubu     Raji AbdulRasaq     Kwara South     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Yunus Oniboki     Yeketi     Baba Issa Awoye     Mary Arinde     Lanre Jimoh     Rueben Parejo     Sambo Murtala     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Abubakar Lah     Lanre Olosunde     Christopher Odetunde     Isau     Issa Baba     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ilorin Metro Park     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Bolaji Nagode     School Of Nursing     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Amusement Park     Buhari     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Sunday Otokiti