Forfeited houses: Saraki asks court to lift order, challenges jurisdiction

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A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Thursday asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to discharge an order temporarily forfeiting two of his Ikoyi...

A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Thursday asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to discharge an order temporarily forfeiting two of his Ikoyi houses to the Federal Government.

The judge ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to publish the temporary forfeiture order in a national newspaper. At the resumed proceedings Thursday, EFCC counsel, Abdullahi Idris, told the judge that the order was published in The Nation newspaper as ordered by the judge.But the Senate President’s counsel, Akinyemi Aremu, told Justice Mohammed Liman that he had filed a motion to discharge the interim order of forfeiture.

Justice Liman fixed December 5 to hear from Saraki and any other interested party on why the properties should not be permanently forfeited.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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In this country? You think you are still the Senate President and 40 Senators will follow you to court. U will tell us where u got the funds to buy those multi million Naira houses from or have them forfeited. We shall see.

Cheeky insolent thief

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