A federal high court in Lagos has ordered the forfeiture of
two houses of Bukola Saraki, former senate president, in Ilorin, Kwara state
capital.
Rilwan Aikawa, a judge, gave the order based on an
application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The houses are located at plots 10 and 11 Abdulkadir Road, GRA, Ilorin.
The development comes five days after the former number
three citizen raised the alarm that the anti-graft agency was “targetting his
properties”, ignoring a court order restricting it from doing so.
Saraki, a two-term governor of Kwara, is being investigated
by the anti-graft agency, which alleged that while serving as governor of Kwara
between 2003 and 2011, he withdrew over N12 billion cash from the account of
the Kwara government and paid same into his accounts domiciled in Access and
Zenith Banks through one of his personal assistant, Abdul Adama.
The EFCC told the court it uncovered monumental fraud in the
treasury of Kwara when Saraki governed the state.
In an affidavit filed in support of an ex parte application,
Olamide Sadiq, an operative of the EFCC, said the move for the forfeiture of
the houses followed the findings of the EFCC after investigation.
He said: “Whilst the investigation was ongoing several
fraudulent transactions were discovered. I know for a fact and verily believe
that our investigation has revealed the following mind-boggling findings, among
others:
“That between 2003 and 2011, Dr Olubukola Abubakar Saraki
was the Executive Governor of Kwara State. That whilst he held the aforementioned
position, the common pattern was that after payment of monthly allocation by
the Federal Government to the Kwara State Government, a cumulative sum of not
less than N100m will be deposited into the Kwara Government House account.
“That upon the payment of the said N100m, same will, in
turn, be withdrawn in cash by one Mr Afeez Yusuf from the Kwara State
Government House, Ilorin’s account in bits and brought to the Government
House.”
The EFCC said it believed that Saraki acquired the two properties
with proceeds of unlawful activities.
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