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A suit seeking the forfeiture of N20billion bailout funds granted to the Kogi State Government by a new generation bank has been withdrawn by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) .
The money, which was meant for the payment of Kogi workers, was claimed to have been domiciled in an interest-yielding account with the bank by officials of the state government.
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on Friday granted the order of withdrawal sequel to a motion filed and argued by EFCC counsel, Mr Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, leading Mr Rotimi Oyedepo.
Pinheiro listed six grounds upon which the judge granted the prayer, adding that “the EFCC is a responsible body”.
One of the grounds was that questions resulting in the commencement of the suit had been clarified, and an intention had been shown to return the sum of N19,333,333,333.36 to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Justice Aneke held: “I have listened to the submission of the learned Silk for the application, Mr Kemi Pinheiro SAN vis-a-vis perused the motion to withdraw. My humble opinion is that application is meritorious and ought to be granted.
“Accordingly, the application is grantex-parterayed.”
Justice Tijjani Ringim had on August 31, granted an ex-pats application brought by the EFCC for an interim forfeiture of the N19, 333, 333, 333.36 billion, said to be warehoused in the State’s account number.
Justice Ringim made the order of the interim forfeiture after taking arguments from the EFCC’s counsel, Abbas Muhammed.
The judge ruled that the order was pending the outcome of an investigation or possible prosecution by the EFCC.
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Fatimah Oyesanmi
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