Forfeited Property: Court Chides EFCC For ‘Oppressive’ Treatment Of Abia APC Chieftain

An FCT High Court presided by Justice Abubakar Musa has delivered a judgement in favour of Chief Ikechi Emenike, a former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a case of forfeited properties located at No. 6 Aso Drive, Abuja–a 5-bedroom duplex with a 2-room boys quarters.

According to court documents obtained by THE WHISTLER, the presiding judge described the EFCC’s attempt to eject Emenike from the property and deny him right of first refusal for the purchase of the property was “oppressive, unfair, unlawful, illegal, inequitable…”