A Federal High Court in Lagos State has ordered the final forfeiture of a vacant plot of land situated at Plot 13, Block 11, Oniru Chieftaincy Family Private Estate, Lekki.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the land was linked to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Justice Akintayo Aluko announced the order in respect of the land on Friday following an application by a legal officer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abbas Mohammed.
The EFCC had listed Madueke, a Nigerian lawyer; Donald Chidi Amamgbo and MEZ Group LLC, as respondents in the suit.
This matter is the latest in a long string of forfeiture orders made against Diezani since leaving office in 2015 and jetting out to the United Kingdom (UK).
The ex-minister’s name has repeated featured in a lot of corruption charges filed against different persons by the EFCC since 2015.
Most notable among forfeiture orders against the Minister of Petroleum was one by Justice Nicholas Oweibo in July 2019 in respect of the ex-minister’s 2,149 pieces of jewellery and a customised gold iPhone, valued at $40m.
The jewellery, categorised into 33 sets, included “419 expensive bangles; 315 expensive rings; 304 expensive earrings; 267 expensive necklaces; 189 expensive wristwatches; 174 expensive necklaces and earrings; 78 expensive bracelets; 77 expensive brooches; and 74 expensive pendants.”
