JUST IN: Court Orders Interim Forfeiture of $899,900, 15 Properties Recovered from Ex-AGF Idris

JUST IN: Court Orders Interim Forfeiture of $899,900, 15 Properties Recovered from Ex-AGF Idris

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304, 490,160.95 recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris (EFCC).

In addition, the court forfeited 15 properties recovered from Idris in Kano and Abuja.

The properties linked to Idris which were listed in the Schedule for forfeiture include Kano City Mall/Al Ikhlas Shopping Mall at Mandwawarti, Kano; one-storey Shopping Complex at Ladanai, Kano; Corner Shops at Ladanai, Kano; a duplex at Karsana, Abuja; Royal Duplex at Deneji Quarters, Kano and a Duplex at Plot 271, New Jersey Street, Efab Blue Fountain Estate, Abuja.

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The EFCC is prosecuting Idris and others on 14 counts of stealing and money laundering totaling N109 billion.

The Order was issued by Justice M.A Hassan on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, while ruling on the EFCC’s motion exparte no. M/1149/2022. Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft spokesman, made the announcement.

The EFCC had asked the Court in the motion for an order of interim attachment/ forfeiture of the properties listed in the application’s Schedule, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive case in Charge No. FCT, HC/CR/299/2022, Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Ahmed Idris and Others.

The Commission had asked the court for an order approving the interim “management of the assets and properties in the Schedule to this application to the applicant,” an order “to open an interest yielding account where monies realised from the management of the assets and properties of the persons stated in the Schedule to this application shall be paid,” and an order “freezing the Bank Accounts of the persons referred to as account holders/or the applicant.”

Justice Hassan granted the motion as prayed but further ordered that the recovery account sought to be opened by the applicant, “shall be in the name of the Commission as Recovery Account and the details of the Account shall be reported back to the Court within one week of opening”.

In the interim, nine properties associated with the second respondent, Mohammed Kudu Usman, were forfeited in Abuja, Niger, and Nasarawa States.

They include plots of land with shops in Niger State’s Chanchaga Local Government Area, a 37-hectare farmland with livestock along Niger State’s Minna-Bida Road, bungalow flats in Gwarimpa, Abuja, bungalow buildings in Masaka, Nasarawa State, plots of land in Dutse Alhaji Abuja, and 13 plots of land in Integrated City, Minna, Niger State.

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