EFCC seeks total forfeiture of $43m as court’s deadline expires

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday told the Federal High Court in Lagos that no one has come forward to claim the $43,449,947 (about N13 billion), N23, 218,000 and £27,800 (about N10.6milion) cash found in an apartment on Osborne Road, Ikoyi Lagos.
It, therefore, prayed Justice Muslim Hassan to make an order of final forfeiture of the money to the Federal Government.
The judge, while ordering a temporary forfeiture of the money on April 13, directed EFCC to advertise the order in a newspaper so that anybody who owns the money can claim it within 14 days.
EFCC’s lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, said no one showed up in court to show cause why the money should not be permanently forfeited.

FG- We have evidence Justice Ngwuta corruptly enriched himself

The Federal Government said on Wednesday before a Federal High Court in Abuja that it had the evidence to prove its case of corrupt enrichment against a Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court.
Lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Charles Adeogun-Philips, said this in his opening remarks before calling the first prosecution witness on Wednesday.
The Federal Government is prosecuting Ngwuta on 16 counts, including money laundering and others relating to fraudulent obtaining of multiple passports.