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Court orders interim forfeiture of Abiodun aide’s bank accounts, house

Enudi Golden by Enudi Golden
January 11, 2024
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Court orders interim forfeiture of Abiodun aide’s bank accounts, house

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of the funds and property traced to Mr Abidemi Rufai, the suspended aide of the Ogun State governor facing wire fraud charges in the United States of America.

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The court order, which was granted on Tuesday, covered Rufai’s property at House 11, Omodayo Awotuga Street, Bera Estate, Chevy View, Lekki, Lagos, and funds in his accounts domiciled in Sterling and Zenith banks.

 

Justice Tijjani Ringim made the order sequel to an ex parte motion filed and argued by counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ebuka Okongwu.

 

The EFCC joined Rufai, his firm; Omo Mayodele Global Investment, and Sterling Bank Plc as the first, second and third respondents in the suit.

 

Okongwu told the judge that it was essential for the court to grant the prayers of interim forfeiture to prevent further dissipation of the defendant’s funds in his Sterling Bank account.

 

He then furnished the judge with an affidavit sworn to by an EFCC investigator, Usman Abdulhamid, detailing the agency’s investigation of Rufai in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

 

“Rufai had already dissipated a suspicious N29.37m in tranches of N5m, N5m, N2.7m, N1.1m, N2m, N2m, N2m, and N5m. The funds were warehoused in his accounts in three banks,” Abdulhamid said.

Rufai was arrested by the FBI at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on May 14 over alleged $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud from the Washington State Employment Security Department, USA.

He was indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

 

Justice Ringim, in a bench ruling, granted the EFCC’s order as prayed in the motion paper.

The judge also ordered the EFCC to publish the order within 14 days from Tuesday for any interested party to show cause why the funds and property should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

 

Justice Ringim adjourned further proceedings till December 1, 2021.

 

 

 

 

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