Court orders final forfeiture of 48 properties linked to Malami

The Federal High Court sitting successful Abuja has ordered the last forfeiture of nary less than 48 properties linked to erstwhile Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
The presiding judge, Joyce Abdulmalik granted the forfeiture exertion by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, holding that Mr Malami and others laying assertion to the assets failed to beryllium that they lawfully acquired them.

Justice Abdulmalik, earlier delivering the substantive judgement, dismissed respective applications, motions connected announcement and objections filed by Mr Malami, his household members and immoderate companies claiming ownership of the properties, saying they each lacked merit.

According to her, the contented earlier the tribunal was not who owns the property, but however morganatic are the funds utilized to get the properties.

She stated that the respondents had not dislodged the tenable suspicion that the spot was acquired by unlawful activities.

The justice relied principally connected Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act successful granting the last forfeiture bid and vacated the interim forfeiture bid successful respect of so...