Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High
Court sitting in Kaduna today February 24, 2017 gave an interim order, forfeiting
the seventeen vehicles found in the warehouse of former Comptroller General of
Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Inde, to the Federal Government.
The order was sequel to an ex parte
application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking among
others, the forfeiture of the vehicles to the Nigerian Government, pending the
conclusion of investigation and determination of the case.
In his ruling, Justice Shuaibu held
that “the seventeen (17) vehicles which are now in the custody of the
applicant ( EFCC) and as properly described and listed in the schedule
marked exhibit EFCC 2 attached to the affidavit in support of the application
are hereby forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria in the interim
pending conclusion of the investigation “.
Operatives of the Commission had on
February 20 stormed the warehouse of the former Customs boss on Nnamdi Azikwe
Street, Kaduna and discovered seventeen exotic vehicles worth Hundreds of
millions of Naira, suspected to be proceeds of crime
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