heheeheeh...........A Lagos Federal High Court, on Thursday ordered the forfeiture of of about N34bn linked to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Justice Muslim Hassan, who had on January 6, 2017 issued an interim forfeiture order on the funds gave a “final forfeiture order” during today’s court proceedings.
Breakdown of the illegal funds linked to the former Minister include, N23.4bn, N9.08bn and $5m.
Details later…on Fidelis Chidi Blog
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the former Minister of
Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to forfeit the sum of $153
million to the Federal Government after the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission contested that the money was diverted from the coffers
of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation by the former
politician.
The order was given today by Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos.
Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos had in
January ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of $153,310,000,
which Diezani Alison-Madueke, allegedly siphoned from the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation and stashed in three banks in the
country.
Out of the allegedly stolen $153.3m, a sum of N23, 446, 300,000 was
kept in Sterling Bank Plc, N9,080, 000,000 in First Bank Plc and $5m in
Access Bank Plc.
After ordering the temporary forfeiture of the monies to the
Federal Government on Friday, Justice Hassan gave Sterling Bank and any
other interested party 14 days to appear before him to prove the
legitimacy of the monies, failure of which the funds would be
permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.
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