Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 5, 2023, ordered the final forfeiture of eight properties, seven in Abuja and one in Bayelsa State, as well as 30,000 MTN shares (MTN Link Units) linked to Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Atewe (rtd.), a former Commander of the Military Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield, in the Niger Delta.
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| Court Orders Final Forfeiture of Ex-JTF Commander, Atewe’s Properties in Abuja, Bayelsa. Photo: @officialEFCC |
The landed properties are: 50 hectares of farmland at Plot No. FL746B Gaube Farmland Extension II Layout, Kuje, Abuja; a piece of land located at Commercial Layout, Yenagoa Gardens, Bayelsa State; one hectre of land in Kuje District, Abuja; Plot No. CP10, Sector Centre B Layout, Kuje, Abuja; Plot MF62 Outer Northern Expressway Cadastral Zone, Abuja; Plot No. 1228 Jahi, Abuja; four hectares of land designated as Plot No.CP6386 and Plot No.CP6387, Sabon Lugbe, Abuja.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had, on March 26, 2020, secured the interim forfeiture of the sum of N290,000,000 (Two Hundred and Ninety Million Naira) reasonably suspected to be proceeds of an unlawful activity, the landed properties and 30,000 MTN shares , following an ex parte application filed before Justice Muhammad Liman, who has since been transferred to the Kano Division of the Federal High Court.EFCC Nigeria
