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Court Orders Naval Officers to Forfeit Properties and Cash

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Wilsonj Uwujaren
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May 3, 2018
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EFCC Operatives

Court Orders Naval Officers to Forfeit Properties and Cash

Justice M. S. Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, May 3, 2018, ordered the final forfeiture of two different properties and the sum of N 11,040,000.00( Eleven Million, Forty Thousand Naira) belonging to two Naval officers and their company to the Federal Government.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, moved a motion on notice for an order of a final forfeiture of the properties as well as the money belonging to the respondents: Capt. Olotu Olumuyiwa Morakinyo, Capt. Ebony Emmanuel Aneke and Lakewood Garden Ventures Limited.

The first respondent, Morakinyo, served as Maritime Guard Commander in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, between January and September, 2013.

The second respondent, Aneke, served as Maritime Guard Commander in NIMASA between September 2013 and December, 2014.

The third respondent, Lakewood, is a company jointly owned by the second respondent and his sister, Jimmie Aneke.

Justice Hassan had, on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, ordered the interim forfeiture of the properties, following a motion ex parte filed by the Commission.

In a 38-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Idris Adamu, an operative of the EFCC, the applicant had prayed for an order of the court forfeiting to the Federal Government a three- bedroom terrace duplex at Lekki Gardens Limited Estate , Phase IV, Lekki-Ajah, Lagos recovered by the Commission from the first respondent.

The EFCC had also prayed for an interim order forfeiting to the Federal Government another five-bedroom duplex at Lekki, Lagos State recovered by the Commission from the second respondent.

Also, the EFCC had sought an interim order of the court forfeiting to the Federal Government the sum of N11,040,000.00( Eleven Million Forty Thousand Naija) found and recovered by the Commission from the third respondent.

In his ruling today, the judge had granted all the prayers sought by the applicant.

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Justice Hassan had further directed the applicant to notify the respondents to appear before the court and show cause within 14 days why the properties should not be finally forfeited to the Federal Government .

The judge had also directed the publication in any national newspaper of the interim order for the respondents or anyone interested in the properties and the money to show cause within 14 days why they should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.

Consequently, the EFCC had moved a motion on notice for the final Forfeiture of the properties as well as the money , having published the interim forfeiture order in a national newspaper, as ordered by the court.

At the last adjourned sitting, counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, informed the court that the first and second respondents had been served the notice and that they acknowledged services.

However, the respondents were absent in court during the last proceedings.

In view of this, Justice Hassan had adjourned the case to May 3, 2018( today) for ruling on the application filed by the EFCC.

In his ruling today, Justice Hassan ordered the final forfeiture of the properties and the money to the Federal Government.

In another development, Sector 1, Operation Delta Safe of the Nigerian Army on Thursday May 3, handed over a Tugboat (MV Omar Success) and a Barge (EBIs 1) allegedly used for illegal oil bunkering to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation and possibly prosecution.

The Tugboat and the Barge were intercepted by men of Nigeria Army at a creek in Abadiama Community of Burutu Local government area of Delta State following a tip off.
Speaking at the event, Major Y J Yunusa who represented the Commander said the Tugboat and Barge were intercepted on February 1, 2018 while trans loading suspected illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil. Richard Ogberagha, an operative of the Commission who received the exhibits on behalf of the Benin Zonal Head of the EFCC, Milafia Yakubu, said the Commission would do a painstaking investigation and ensure that those involved were brought to book.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity

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