A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered an interim forfeiture of two houses in Ilorin, Kwara State belonging to the immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had approached the court presided over by Justice Ridwan Aikawa, for an order of interim forfeiture of the properties said to worth about N 1 billion on the ground that it was acquired through the proceeds of unlawful activity.

The anti-graft agency told the court in an exparte application that it ‘‘uncovered monumental fraud perpetrated in the treasury of the Kwara State Government between 2003 and 2011’’, when Saraki was governor of the state. ADVERTISEMENT Based on the application, the court ordered the temporary forfeiture of Saraki’s two properties designated as Plots No. 10 and No. 11 Abdulkadir Road, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State. An operative of the EFCC, Olamide Sadiq, said in an affidavit filed in support of the ex parte application that the move for the forfeiture of the houses followed the findings of the EFCC after investigation and “the report of a committee set up to review sale of Kwara State Government houses during the reign of the Governor of Kwara State in the year 2003 and 2011.”

He said the EFCC also received “a damning intelligence report, showing monumental fraud perpetrated in the treasury of the Kwara State Government between 2003 and 2011.” Sadiq said, “Whilst the investigation was ongoing, several fraudulent transactions were discovered. “That whilst he (Saraki) held the aforementioned position (governor of Kwara State), the common pattern was that after payment of monthly allocation by the Federal Government to the Kwara State Government, a cumulative sum of not less than N100million will be deposited into the Kwara Government House account.

“That upon the payment of the said N100million, same will, in turn, be withdrawn in cash by one Mr Afeez Yusuf from the Kwara State Government House, Ilorin’s account in bits and brought to the Government House.” The EFCC said it believed that Saraki developed the two properties with proceeds of unlawful activities. Counsel for the commission, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, thereafter urged Justice Aikawa to order their temporary forfeiture to the Federal Government. In granting the order, Justice Aikawa directed the EFCC to publish the temporary forfeiture order in a national newspaper.

The judge adjourned the matter to December 17 for anyone interested in the properties to appear before him to show cause why the properties should not be permanently forfeited to the federal government. Meanwhile, Dr. Saraki has reiterated his position that the application to the Federal High Court, Lagos, for interim forfeiture order on his Ilorin home by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is an abuse of the court process and a violation of a subsisting order of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, noted that the Federal High Court in Abuja presided by Justice Taiwo Taiwo had given an order “restraining the respondents (Commission) by themselves, their subordinates, agents, servants, or privies whosoever, from seizing, impounding, taking over, confiscating or otherwise forfeiting the Applicant’s (Saraki) right to own and peacefully enjoy any of his assets and properties”.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/saraki-kicks-as-court-orders-forfeiture-of-n1bn-houses.html

Alright

1 Billion Naira houses!. How many rooms in those houses is he going to sleep at the same time?. Vanity!

Keep kicking....





Bicycle kick

Yes please anyone who stole public fund should prosecuted, Whether former PDP or APC Politicians.
Because, Nothing really have changed in this country about Looting among the politicians and their Godfathers. Which is why I supported this Government the first place. This style of politics will can never save our economy from some of these criminals who call themselves politicians. Because they're everywhere, both in Federal and state levels

We all just have to be very careful. The toes you stepped on today could be attached to the ass.s you have to kiss tomorrow.

Una still dey sleep? Thank God me don carry FTC and STC

Same should apply to all former governors.

Fowl yansh don dey open

So you get a court order from an Abuja Federal high court restraining EFCC, EFCC goes another high court to shop for a counter order instead of going to a higher court for appeal? Is that how it is done in other advanced climes?

So our courts are just there to provide 'garbage in, garbage out' orders.

Everybody is a thief, but when Saraki was with the APC, was there any corruption case against him by the EFCC? If not thunder fire Buha..........





Jesus!! my village people want to get me, no be my head them go for start hate speech nonsense.

A step in the right direction, if you like call it "Witch hunting", witches are meant to be hunted.......

LabDNA:
So you get a court order from an Abuja Federal high court restraining EFCC, EFCC goes another high court to shop for a counter order instead of going to a high court? Is that how it is done in other advanced climes?

These restraining orders and perceptual injunctions need to be outlawed. I only know that odilis wife started this nonsense if I recall

I hope they have done their homework. Question now is what will be done to the residences if this goes all the way through. How do you commercialize them?

Action film!!!

LabDNA:
So you get a court order from an Abuja Federal high court restraining EFCC, EFCC goes another high court to shop for a counter order instead of going to a high court? Is that how it is done in other advanced climes?

Anything goes in the era of court disobedience and impunity....

Buhari only fight those in opposition. Buhari,he who lives by sword must...

Its Saraki 2day because he is a PDP member but APC should remember that what goes around comes around. A party who claims to fight corruption but yet Senator Goje #25 Billion EFCC case was canceld, Akpabio is now a minister, Orji is now a senator without any investigation, Gandollar was never investigated, Tinubu bullion van case has died low. APC should not cry foul when PDP captures power nd start victimising them cos they ar d one who laid d foundation

1billion naira houses in Ilorin?It's shocking as land in I'll run I'm sure isn't prohibitively expensive like Ikoyi or V.I. In these locations, what you buy is the land and not the edifice on it.

Oshiomole house too dey there oh for make EFCC remember

JosEast:
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered an interim forfeiture of two houses in Ilorin, Kwara State belonging to the immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had approached the court presided over by Justice Ridwan Aikawa, for an order of interim forfeiture of the properties said to worth about N 1 billion on the ground that it was acquired through the proceeds of unlawful activity.

The anti-graft agency told the court in an exparte application that it ‘‘uncovered monumental fraud perpetrated in the treasury of the Kwara State Government between 2003 and 2011’’, when Saraki was governor of the state. ADVERTISEMENT Based on the application, the court ordered the temporary forfeiture of Saraki’s two properties designated as Plots No. 10 and No. 11 Abdulkadir Road, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State. An operative of the EFCC, Olamide Sadiq, said in an affidavit filed in support of the ex parte application that the move for the forfeiture of the houses followed the findings of the EFCC after investigation and “the report of a committee set up to review sale of Kwara State Government houses during the reign of the Governor of Kwara State in the year 2003 and 2011.”

He said the EFCC also received “a damning intelligence report, showing monumental fraud perpetrated in the treasury of the Kwara State Government between 2003 and 2011.” Sadiq said, “Whilst the investigation was ongoing, several fraudulent transactions were discovered. “That whilst he (Saraki) held the aforementioned position (governor of Kwara State), the common pattern was that after payment of monthly allocation by the Federal Government to the Kwara State Government, a cumulative sum of not less than N100million will be deposited into the Kwara Government House account.

“That upon the payment of the said N100million, same will, in turn, be withdrawn in cash by one Mr Afeez Yusuf from the Kwara State Government House, Ilorin’s account in bits and brought to the Government House.” The EFCC said it believed that Saraki developed the two properties with proceeds of unlawful activities. Counsel for the commission, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, thereafter urged Justice Aikawa to order their temporary forfeiture to the Federal Government. In granting the order, Justice Aikawa directed the EFCC to publish the temporary forfeiture order in a national newspaper.

The judge adjourned the matter to December 17 for anyone interested in the properties to appear before him to show cause why the properties should not be permanently forfeited to the federal government. Meanwhile, Dr. Saraki has reiterated his position that the application to the Federal High Court, Lagos, for interim forfeiture order on his Ilorin home by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is an abuse of the court process and a violation of a subsisting order of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, noted that the Federal High Court in Abuja presided by Justice Taiwo Taiwo had given an order “restraining the respondents (Commission) by themselves, their subordinates, agents, servants, or privies whosoever, from seizing, impounding, taking over, confiscating or otherwise forfeiting the Applicant’s (Saraki) right to own and peacefully enjoy any of his assets and properties”.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/saraki-kicks-as-court-orders-forfeiture-of-n1bn-houses.html

Once a thief always a thief

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Saraki is no saint, but why FG didn't go after him when he was in the the ruling party APC.

taiyesoul:
1 Billion Naira houses!. How many rooms in those houses is he going to sleep at the same time?. Vanity!

Stop believing fake news.
Did you see any reference to an estate valuer's report on the price?

Brandstudio01:
Yes please anyone who stole public fund should prosecuted, Whether former PDP or APC Politicians.
Because, Nothing really have changed in this country about Looting among the politicians and their Godfathers. Which is why I supported this Government the first place

Raaaaa nsi this mugu

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LabDNA:
So you get a court order from an Abuja Federal high court restraining EFCC, EFCC goes another high court to shop for a counter order instead of going to a high court? Is that how it is done in other advanced climes?

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IN the so called "advanced Climes", courts/Judges don't give stupid injunctions stopping FBI or other agencies from performing their duties with such nonsense orders.
My only problem with this is that the govt should charge him to court for the crimes with the intent to confiscate the properties not just go after the property without other charges. The onus is on Saraki to prove where he got the money from to build the properties.
It's safe to assume that EFCC knows that all these judges are corrupt hence they have to game the system too if not they will not make any meaningful headway.

taiyesoul:
1 Billion Naira houses!. How many rooms in those houses is he going to sleep at the same time?. Vanity!

Vanity kee u there, mindset of a poor a guy.

[quote author=TourismMan post=84574120]Una still dey sleep? Thank God me don carry FTC and STD

Avedonn:
Saraki is no saint, but why FG didn't go after him when he was in the the ruling party APC.

His sins were forgiven all that period until he changed sides again.

FactBoyz:
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said politicians’ sins are forgiven when they join the ruling party.

Oshiomhole made this statement on Thursday, while welcoming new members to the party, at the APC presidential campaign in Benin.

As he reeled out names of those who have defected from the PDP to the APC, he said: “I am told that there are a lot of very very senior people from PDP who have decided to join forces with President Buhari to take the broom to sweep away PDP and to continue to ensure that APC continues to preside all over Nigeria.

“It includes my own brother, my friend who comes from my own clime, Henry Duke Genebe. He is the former organising secretary of PDP and we also have former vice chairman PDP and leader of Edo North of PDP. We also have my brother Chief Esheshi Godwin. He is also former council chairman and my very dear friend. We have quite a number of other leaders who have come.

“We have quite a number of other leaders who have come… in fact, once you have joined APC, all your sins are forgiven.”

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/dailypost.ng/2019/01/18/join-apc-sins-forgiven-oshiomhole-video/amp/

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3900895_tmpfbimg14671496201601359061659_jpeg16b35e0420df707155480a7e11564764

Political judgement everywhere you go.

Judiciary in Nigeria is definitely "gone too soon"