The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has
secured the order of the court to confiscate properties of suspects in a N5.6
billion pension scam in Oyo state.
The agency had arraigned former Head of Service of the
state, Kudirat Adeleke, and 10 others before an Oyo state High Court on Thursday,
November 7, 2013, on a 213-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining money through
false pretense and forgery.
It also instituted a separate suit early December of the
year to seek a relief to confiscate properties belonging to eight of the accused
persons.
In a ruling to grant EFCC’s prayer on Thursday, Justice Eni
Esan declared that the items should remain in the custody of the agency pending
the determination of the suit.
“An order is hereby made granting interim
attachment/forfeiture of the property listed in this application to the Federal
Government pending the hearing and final determination of charge No
1/6EFCC/2013-FG vs Muili Hakeem Aderemi and others".
"An order is also made granting attachment/forfeiture
of the property of the persons listed in schedules 1-9 of this application
pending conclusion of investigation into other acts of fraud and criminal
allegations being carried out against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission the judge declared in the order,” the judge declared.
The affected property owners are Muili Aderemi, Iyabo Giwa,
Oguntayo Banji N, Adebiyi Musendiq Olasumbo, Adeleke Kudirat Iyabo, Adeduntan
Johnson, Kareem Rasheed and two companies-Fimhab Nigeria Limited and Dumath
Investment and Services Nigeria Ltd.
Some of the property of the accused persons as listed are
two fully detached duplex at Ogo-Oluwa Estate, Ibadan, farmland with poultry
and husbandry pen, three tipper lorries, four cars, one SUV, three pick up vans
belonging to Fimhab Nigeria Ltd, plot of land measuring 900 square metres, plot
of land measuring 795 square metres and several other valuable property.
Meanwhile, hearing of substantive suit against the accused
persons has been scheduled to begin on Friday, February 14 before Justice
Mistura Bolaji-Yusuf of the state High Court.
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