Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of Property Linked To Diezani.

A property located at Plot 9, Azikiwe Road, Old GRA, Port
Harcourt, Rivers State is to be temporarily forfeited to the
Federal Government of Nigeria.

This is the order of Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High
Court sitting in Lagos.

Last week Friday, the judge granted the order following a motion
exparte filed and argued by the EFCC.

The property has been linked to a former Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, a Lawyer, Donald Chidi
Amangbo and a company Sequoyah Properties Limited.

Ruling on the motion ex-parte, Justice Obiozor held that: “An
interim forfeiture order of this honourable court is hereby
granted, forfeiting to the Federal Government of Nigeria the
property which are reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful
activity.”

The court further directed the EFCC to publish the order in any
national daily in circulation in Nigeria “and particularly in
circulation in Port Harcourt and Lagos, and all persons interested
in the said property are further put on notice to show cause why
the final order of forfeiture of the affected property ought not to
be made by this court.”

The court then adjourned further proceedings till May 9,
2019.