Court freezes Ozekhome account over money laundering
Justice AbdulAziz Anka of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of N75 million the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it discovered in the account of Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB). Justice Anka gave the order while delivering ruling in a motion ex-parte […]
Justice AbdulAziz Anka of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of N75 million the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it discovered in the account of Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB).
Justice Anka gave the order while delivering ruling in a motion ex-parte filed by the anti-graft agency seeking that the senior lawyer’s account be temporarily frozen on grounds that the said money deposited in it on December 15, 2016, was suspected to be proceeds of crime.
Counsel to EFCC, Idris Abdullahi who argued the application filed by Rotimi Oyedepo, told the court that application was brought in pursuant to section 27 of the EFCC Act.
Idris also informed that court that three exhibit marked exhibit 01, 02 and 03 are attached with the Motion Ex-parte.
He urged the court to grant motion ex-parte and order temporary forfeiture of the account for 120 days.
Justice Anka while ruling on the motion ex-parte, ordered that Ozekhome’s account with the sum of N75 million be forfeited for 120 days.
The judge however ordered that any party that is not satisfied with the ruling can appeal.