Wednesday, August 6, 2025 - The agency had claimed the properties were likely bought with illegal money.
The court also told the EFCC to publish the order in
newspapers and give others the chance to contest the seizure if they had any
interest in the properties.
Governor Bello later filed an objection. He argued that the
properties were bought before he became governor and couldn’t have been
purchased with state money.
He also said the EFCC had no right to go after him because,
as a sitting governor, he was protected by the Constitution from court cases.
He added that a state court in Kogi had already stopped the
EFCC from investigating the state’s accounts, and that the case should not be
in Lagos since the properties were in other places.
The EFCC, led by lawyer Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), insisted that
the properties, including a luxury apartment in Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, were
suspicious and likely funded by crime. They also asked for the forfeiture of
₦400 million linked to the same case.
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