AN expanse of land of about 150,500 square meters on which 753 duplexes were fraudulently built by an alleged former top brass of government was recently seized and forfeited to the Federal Government by the order of a court. The final forfeiture granted on December 2 by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie was a sequel to an interim forfeiture earlier granted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the same judge on November 1. The implication is that in the intervening period between the interim and final forfeiture orders, no one came forward to lay claim to the estate containing 753 duplexes!
Unsurprisingly, EFCC disclosed that the forfeiture was its largest recovery from fraudulent persons since its inception in 2003. The reaction of Nigerians to the huge recovery of plundered national resources has been mixed. Not a few are appalled that those put in charge of the country’s commonwealth could be so decadent as to pillage the treasury and fritter the…
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