A Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Jabi, Abuja, has ordered that Alhaja Moroophat Obanikoro, the wife of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, should forfeit her property pending the outcome of investigations into her husband and children.

The court also rejected a prayer asking the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to pay her the sum of N200m for violating her fundamental human rights.

Obanikoro’s wife has, however, headed for the Appeal Court to challenge the court judgment.

As part of investigations into the $2.1bn arms scam, involving the Office of the National Security Adviser, the EFCC had traced the transfer of about N4.7bn to the Diamond Bank account of Sylvan McNamara, a company allegedly owned by Obanikoro’s two sons – Gbolahan and Babajide.

Out of the N4.7bn, Obanikoro allegedly gave N3.880bn to Ayodele Fayose and Senator Iyiola Omisore in July 2014, when they were the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidates in Ekiti and Osun states respectively.

Part of the money allegedly given to Fayose was said to have been converted to $5.377m and handed to him at Spotless Hotel, Ado-Ekiti, in the presence of the then Ekiti State PDP Secretary, Tope Aluko, and other party stalwarts.

Obanikoro allegedly kept over N600m to himself.

The EFCC subsequently seized a house in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State allegedly belonging to Obanikoro’s sons – Gbolahan and Babajide – and a property located at 44 Mamman Kotangora Crescent, Katampke Extension, Abuja, belonging to their mother.

However, Obanikoro’s wife argued that she bought the property over seven years before the alleged arms scam took place.

She said the EFCC had no right to punish her for any crime allegedly committed by her husband and urged the court to award her N200m.

Obanikoro’s wife demanded “an order setting aside the sealing of the property; an order directing the EFCC to tender an unreserved public apology for the unlawful and unconditional invasion of the aforesaid property and the sum of N200,000,000 as general damages for the unlawful and unconstitutional invasion of the property.”

In an affidavit, deposed to by one Jackson Edet, the EFCC claimed that Obanikoro’s wife could not claim to be ignorant of her husband’s alleged crime.

The commission said Moroophat’s husband and her sons collected over N600m from the ONSA for a non-existent contract.

The EFCC argued that investigation had shown that, “the property belongs to Musiliu Obanikoro and he paid for the statutory charges for the property.”

The commission added, “That a lawyer, Tejumola Adeboye, who volunteered a statement to the commission, stated that he managed the said property and remits the rent to MON Integrated Services (a company allegedly owned by Obanikoro, which is also under probe).”

In his ruling, the Justice Y. Halilu said he could not stop the EFCC from doing its work, adding that all Nigerians must unite in the fight against corruption.

He added, “I shall refuse the application because it is most unmeritorious and specially packaged to deceive this court. God forbid.”

Source: http://punchng.com/arms-scam-obanikoros-wife-loses-abuja-mansion-to-fg-appeals/

More pix of another Obanikoro's seized mansions SEE PHOTOS

these guys are just too wealthy

o boy see house o! My dream kind of house

BUHARI sef

this house is fvcking dope...
which kain work d woman dey do to build this?

i don loose hope on nigeria

PDP has dealt substantially to the past, present and a larger part of the future of this country

Thank God,the Judiciary is now up and doing,nobody will now steal and use the Judiciary to escape judgement.Ever since the Judges were raided by DSS,every corruption case has been favourable to the FG

Where re defenders of looters?

Qmerit:
Where re defenders of looters?

They will so avoid this thread or at best, make their usual funny noise like propaganda, media trial, witchunting etc.

I had u ll get 5% when you report them, I'm on that mission now



QUICKLY BUZZ ME IF U HAVE ITUNES GIFTCARD FOR SALE, I NEED HAM PLENTY

That last administration wanted to sell all of us, but God intervened. Tell me how people wishing buhari dead will not die before him. obviously they are the problems we have in this country. These same people are praising Osibanjo just to destabilize the presidency but I soo much love the maturity OSIBANJO use in handling it.

Osibanjo is a disciplined Yoruba Man - He understands and demonstrates the ethics of the culture

Osibanjo is a pROFESSOR - He is learned to the core.

Osibanjo is a Christian - He is Christ-like

Osibanjo is a Pastor - He understands that we are all created to make the world a better place and he is doing it

Then who else could be a better VP. No One else within the political cycle for now

People heavily milked Nigeria during GEJ's tenure.



Never again shall we return to that time.


GEJ ruined Nigeria!


Obanikoro wife and children sef chop inside the loot.


It was a free for all

@ Defenders of thieves please your member requires your assistance urgently...
Said PMB & PYO

In ipods and wailers voice --- no money is missing.

Bunch of mad people.


VOltron of the Looters, over to you.

FG should keep recovering our commonwealth from the locusts and cankerworms that have sucked our national coffers dry.

I just came to check the house

She even get mind to appeal her corrupt acts

We just keep hearing about all sorts of corruption cases with no one get prosecuted


Let's start jungle justice for these criminals


We keep saying the politicians are corrupt but we forget some very corrupt set of people


Our judicial system (Judges and lawyers)

What's with the H H H everywhere on the building?

God Bless PMB

God Bless Justice Y. Halilu

God Bless EFCC

Kk

Afonjas and Stelling are just like bread and butter

Great, shebi them wan sue EFCC?

Magu!!! Magu!!! Magu!!! All hail the Slayer of the yam eaters!! Kneel!!!! I hereby Knight thee "Sir Magustus Eradistus, of House Honesty, first of his kind, Rise!!! Sir M.E and continue your noble work

Wehdone ma