A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an interim order forfeiting 23 landed properties traced the embattled former chairman of Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reforms Committee, Abdurasheed Maina.
Justice Folasade Giwa-Ogunbanjo granted the order on Tuesday after hearing a Motion ex-parte by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC].
The application was moved by SM Abubakar under section 17(1) of the EFCC Act.
In the suit, the anti-graft agency urged the court to order the temporary forfeiture of the properties linked to Maina
It also sought an order of the court to publish an advert on the properties in a national daily, to enable anyone who has any reason why they should not be finally forfeited to the Federal Government to come forward and prove same.
The EFCC supported its motion by a 30-paragraph affidavit which it brought pursuant to Section 17 of the Money Laundering Act.
Delivering her ruling on the motion, Justice Ogunbanjo granted the prayers of the anti-graft agency.
She also ordered the EFCC to return to the court on November 19, for the mentioning of the case.
