{"id":125387,"date":"2026-02-04T04:51:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=125387"},"modified":"2026-02-04T04:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:51:38","slug":"court-reserves-ruling-on-forfeiture-of-ex-agfs-abuja-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/court-reserves-ruling-on-forfeiture-of-ex-agfs-abuja-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Reserves Ruling on Forfeiture of Ex-AGF\u2019s Abuja Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has fixed April 30, 2026, for ruling on an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking the final forfeiture of a property linked to a former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Nwabuoku.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the course of\u00a0 proceedings on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, defence counsel N.I. Quakers, SAN, informed the court that the defendant had filed two applications: one seeking to set aside the interim forfeiture order granted on January 27, 2025, and another, a notice of preliminary objection dated August 15, 2025 challenging the jurisdiction of the court.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quakers urged the court to dismiss the EFCC\u2019s application for final forfeiture, arguing that the disputed property is already the subject of a criminal charge pending before another court. He contended that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the forfeiture suit and prayed that the application be struck out.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding, prosecution counsel Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, drew the court\u2019s attention to a motion dated and filed May 6, 2024, seeking a final forfeiture order. He told the court that the property was reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of crime.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the application is supported by an eight-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Chinyelu Vivian Okpara, an EFCC operative, with documentary exhibits marked EFCC 1 to EFCC 7. He urged the court to rely on the affidavit evidence and grant the forfeiture request.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Explaining the EFCC\u2019s case, Iheanacho said: \u201cMy lord, the respondent at the material time of these transactions was the Director of Finance in the Ministry of Defence. Funds were released strictly for military operations in fighting Boko Haram.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He alleged that part of the funds meant for military operations were diverted through fictitious accounts.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPart of the funds were diverted using fictitious accounts up to the tune of N900 million,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prosecution further told the court that about N355 million from the diverted funds allegedly went to Nwabuoku through an account he nominated, belonging to M. Davies Enterprises Ltd, which was said to be owned by his associate.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt was from that account that the property in question was purchased, and it is that property the defendant is currently living in,\u201d Iheanacho stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that during the investigation, the defendant voluntarily handed over the keys to the property and refunded part of the funds.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSurprisingly, when these proceedings commenced, he turned around to challenge the forfeiture of the property. We urge the court to grant the application,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iheanacho also informed the court of a further affidavit filed on May 16, 2024, again urging the court to rule in favour of the EFCC.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After listening to arguments from both sides, Justice Umar adjourned the matter to April 30, 2026, for ruling on all pending applications and judgment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the EFCC is also prosecuting Nwabuoku before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on an amended nine-count charge of alleged money laundering involving \u20a6868,465,000.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has fixed April 30, 2026, for ruling on an application by the Economic and Financial&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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