EX-GOVERNOR LOSES US PROPERTY AND 9 OTHERS TO FG

Ex-governor Yari forfeits U.S. property, 9 others to FG

Former Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an interim order forfeiting 10 properties of former Governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari, to the Federal Government.

This comes a year after another Federal High Court ordered the final forfeiture of N278.9 million, including dollars, traced to the governor.

Some of the properties are located in the highbrow areas of Abuja, Kaduna, Zamfara and Maryland in the United States of America.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Osuobeni Akponimisingha.

The judge held that after carefully reading through the ICPC’s motion, exhibits attached and other processes, he was inclined to grant the order.

He said that the court was empowered to grant the application going by the relevant sections of the law and the money laundering act.

According to the judge, granting the application will not deny anyone a fair hearing.

Also, he directed that this should be published in the Nation and Daily Trust Newspapers and that the interested party should file an application to show cause why the property should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.

Thereafter, he adjourned the matter until April 28 to hear the motion for final forfeiture.

Last year January, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, also ordered the final forfeiture of N278.9 million, traced to the former governor.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who gave the ruling, ordered that monies found in three separate bank accounts allegedly linked to the former Governor should be forfeited to the Federal Government

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