Federal High Court vacates forfeiture order on Ekweremadu’s properties | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday vacated an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties granted against former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu.

Justice Inyang Ekwo vacated the order following a discovery that the Forfeiture Order was fraudulently obtained by the Federal Government against the properties.

With his detention in London, the Judge agreed with counsel to Ekweremadu, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo , that there was no way the former Deputy President of the Senate would be opportuned to defend his ownership of the disputed properties. The former Deputy Senate President and his wife are currently standing trial in the United Kingdom over an alleged organ harvest. Meanwhile, the Human Rights Writers Association has rebuked the EFCC for misleading the Court, calling for the censure of the hierarchy of the anti-graft agency for judicial subterfuge.

“This well grounded ruling has confirmed our November 4, 2022, position that the asset forfeiture lawsuit at a time Ekweremadu was in custody, facing trial in the United Kingdom, and unable to defend himself was malicious, immoral, in bad faith and tantamount to a country throwing her citizen under the bus.

 

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