Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Assets Linked To Ex-HoS, Oyo-Ita - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 27, 2019
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Fridayordered the permanent forfeiture of some assets linked to a former Head ofService of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita.
Although details of the case were not read out inthe open court, Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo-Giwa made the order of finalforfeiture of the monetary assets to the Federal Government.
The assets were earlier returned to the Economic andFinancial Crimes Commission by a suspect linked to Oyo-Ita.
President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the formerHead of Service Oyo-Ita to proceed on indefinite leave to allow a proper investigationby the EFCC in the allegations against her.
Counsel to the EFCC lawyer, Mohammed Abubakar, saysthe funds were voluntarily returned to the commission as proceeds of crime byan associate of Oyo-Ita.
He also reminded the court that it had on June 28,2019, granted an ex parte application ordering the interim forfeiture of theassets.
Abubakar explains that as at Thursday 26th ofAugust, no one had come out to challenge the interim court order on assetforfeiture despite the fact that it had been served on the suspect.