According to report reaching OYOGist.com, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered a temporary forfeiture of a total 46 properties including houses and parcels of land suspected to properties of the former Chairperson of the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mrs. Ngozi Juliet Olejeme.
Justice Taiwo granted the order in a ruling on a motion ex-parte, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/538/2020, argued on Tuesday by Ekele Iheanacho, a lawyer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Presiding Judge, Justice Taiwo ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to publish the verdict in a national daily to enable anyone who is interested in the forfeited properties to show cause within 14 days why the assets should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.
The 46 properties, listed in documents filed in court, are said to be located in Abuja, Bayelsa and Delta states. The EFCC claimed, in a affidavit that Olejeme acquired the said property with public funds she allegedly diverted while serving in the NSITF from 2009 to 2015.
