CONTROVERSY has started trailing the forfeiture of 753 Duplexes which has been the largest catch by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC since its inception in 2003.
The controversy picked up by Omoyele Sowore was as a result of non-disclosure of the owner of the Estate by EFCC.
According to Sowore the property was traced to former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele through the affidavit in possession of Sowore.
“RESPONSE TO EFCC TIRADE BY SOWORE
This is the most reckless and irresponsible statement I’ve read from a government agency in a long while. The assertions here are also patently irresponsible.
I have obtained court proceedings and an affidavit sworn to by an
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission investigator who named the names of those behind this real estate fraud. I maintain that referring to the person as “Top Brass” instead of revealing publicly that it was former Central Bank Governor @Godwin Emefiele under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari smacks of an attempt to cover up his misdeeds and those of his collaborators; the truth is that the court proceedings tell otherwise.
I will attach some court documents here so the public can see the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is a disgrace and disservice in this matter.
EFCC Reacts To Sowore’s Accusation
“Sowore and Co-Travellers’ Tantrums against EFCC’s Landmark Recovery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is following with keen interest, the flurry of reactions to its record-breaking recovery of 753 duplexes and other apartments on Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja.
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The commentaries of reform-minded Nigerians to the Commission’s painstaking efforts in securing the final forfeiture of the Estate to the Federal Government of Nigeria, are appreciated.
However, the denigration of such efforts by Omowole Sowore and his think-same and act-same, is unacceptable and grossly un-charitable.
The allegation of a cover up of the identity of the promoters of the Estate stands logic on the head in the sense that the proceedings for the forfeiture of the Estate were in line with Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud Act which is a civil proceeding that allows for action-in-rem rather than action-in-personam. The former allows legal actions against a property and not an individual, especially in a situation of an unclaimed property.
This Act allows you to take up a forfeiture proceeding against a chattel that is not a juristic person.
This is exactly what the Commission did in respect of the Estate.
The proceedings that yielded the final forfeiture of the Estate were products of actionable intelligence available to the Commission.
The company flagged by our investigations denied ownership of the Estate following publications made in leading national newspapers.
On the basis of this, the Commission approached the court for an order of final forfeiture which Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court granted on Monday, December 2, 2024.”
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