A federal high court in Lagos has granted the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) temporary forfeiture of funds linked to Mudashiru
Ajayi Obasa, speaker of the Lagos house of assembly.
The EFCC in a motion dated August 12, 2020 and marked
FHC/L/CS/1069/2020, asked the court to issue an order directing that the funds
in three bank accounts be forfeited in the interim.
According to the anti-graft commission, the three bank
accounts are “being investigated for the offences of conspiracy, diversion of
funds, abuse of office and money laundering”.
All three accounts which carried the name of the defendant
are domiciled in Standard Chartered Bank.
While one of the accounts (001852963) is a domiciliary
account, the other two (001852956 and 5002349821) are naira current and savings
accounts respectively.
After hearing the application filed by S.I Sulieman, counsel
to the EFCC, the court ruled in favour of the commission on September 15, 2020.
Earlier on Thursday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson,
confirmed that Obasa was at the agency’s office for questioning.
“He responded to an invite from the commission this
morning,” Uwujaren said.
The Lagos speaker was accused of embezzling public funds and
abusing his office.
SaharaReporters had reported an investigation on the speaker
who allegedly owns more than 60 bank accounts.
He was accused of using his office to misappropriate funds
and allocate contracts to himself through third party sources, as well as
acquaintances.
The state house of assembly had cleared the speaker of the
allegations, saying they are untrue.
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