{"id":6387,"date":"2012-11-19T21:06:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T20:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=6387"},"modified":"2012-11-19T21:06:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T20:06:32","slug":"15m-ibori-bribe-saga-efcc-asks-court-to-dismiss-interveners-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/15m-ibori-bribe-saga-efcc-asks-court-to-dismiss-interveners-application\/","title":{"rendered":"$15m Ibori Bribe Saga: EFCC Asks Court To Dismiss Intervener\u2019s Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has asked Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja to strike out the application by one Oyelakan Bayode seeking to be named as a party in the $15 million Ibori bribe forfeiture hearings.<\/p>\n<p>At the resumed hearing of the case, counsel to EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, said Bayode has not disclosed any interest other than merely saying he is a Nigerian citizen and a beneficial owner of the said money. \u201cMy Lord, that is a mere assertion, he is not even from Delta State but a refrigerator repairer from Lagos , residing at Alagbado in Lagos state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c When a third party seeks to be joined in a case, he needs to show that he is an interested party in the subject matter, in this case my Lord, he has not done so.\u201d Jacobs stated.<\/p>\n<p>He averred that when seen from the point of view of the order by Justice Kolawole asking interested party to come and claim ownership of the fund, the intervener applicant was merely asking to manage the fund.<\/p>\n<p>The same point was echoed by Charles Ajuyah , SAN, counsel to Delta State Government who told the court to dismiss the application as the intervener\u2018s purpose was to manage the fund and not claiming ownership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not what the court is interested in, we ( Delta State ) it is our own and we know how to manage it,\u201dAjuyah stated.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been adjourned to Friday, November 23, 2012 for ruling on the application.<\/p>\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>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has asked Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja to strike out the application by one Oyelakan Bayode seeking to be&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":6391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6387","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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