A Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Friday ordered the permanent forfeiture of 4.7 million Dollars, 830 million Naira, and multiple properties linked to the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Yellim Bogoro also ordered the final forfeiture of investments worth 900,000 Dollar traced to one of Emefiele’s close relatives, Anita Joy Omoile.
The court also ordered the final forfeiture of another 4.4 Million Dollar worth of investment traced to Deep Blue Energy Services Ltd as well as another sum of 283 million Naira in Zenith Bank traced to Liman Investment Ltd area, 20,000, Euro and 1,999.50 Pounds, traced to Exactquote Bureau De Change, BDC, all companies linked to Omoile.
9News Nigeria reports that Justice Bogoro therefore granted the final forfeiture of all the funds to the Federal Government of Nigeria after holding that they were proceeds of unlawful activities.
