Nigeria’s Anti-Graft Agency, EFCC Seeks Stay Of Execution Of Ruling On 14 Properties, N400million Linked To Kogi Governor, Yahaya BelloJustice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoy
i, Lagos State, had, on April 26, 2023, struck out a suit filed the anti-graft agency seeking the final forfeiture of the properties on the grounds of provisions of Section 308 of the Constitution.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , on Monday, filed a motion for stay of execution of a Federal High Court judgment on the 14 properties as well as the sum of N400million linked to the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, informed the court of an application dated April 27, 2023 seeking a stay of execution of the ruling pending the outcome of the appeal on the case. He showed the court a copy in his records, saying"the proceedings is no longer before the Court, but in transmission to the Court of Appeal.”Justice Oweibo had, on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, granted an interim forfeiture of the properties in Lagos, Abuja and the United Arab Emirates and also ordered the preservation of the sum of N400, 000,000.
However, Oyedepo had argued that “Where a state’s governor is reasonably suspected to have committed a financial crime, the state can investigate for evidence that will be used in prosecution when he no longer enjoys the immunity.” In the notice of appeal, the Commission averred that Justice Oweibo erred in law when he struck out the suit as the immunity conferred on the Respondent against any civil or criminal proceedings during his incumbency as a governor of Kogi State does not extend to properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime traced to him.
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