Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday
ordered the interim freezing of three bank accounts belonging to
the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru
Obasa.
The three accounts domiciled in Standard Chartered Bank and the
funds placed in them are to be temporarily frozen pending the
conclusion of the investigation and possible prosecution of the
allegations of fraud made against the Speaker.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo made the order pursuant to a motion
ex-parte filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC which is investigating the Speaker for offenses of conspiracy,
diversion of funds, abuse of office and money laundering.
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The EFCC said it filed the matter “Pursuant to section 44 (2)
(K) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as
amended) and section 26, 29, and 34 (1) of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004.
After reading the affidavit evidence made by an EFCC
investigator, Muhammed Abubakar, and listening to the submissions
of the EFCC Counsel Ibrahim Suleiman, the court granted the order
on September 15, 2020.
Meanwhile, the Speaker is said to have honored the EFCC’s
investigation today to answer questions on the allegations made
against him.
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