A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an order of interim forfeiture of 23 properties belonging to Abdulrasheed Maina.
Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo gave the order on Tuesday, October 22, after hearing an exparte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Maina was the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team.
The court also made an order directing the publication of the Interim Order of Forfeiture in any national daily newspaper inviting any person(s) or body(ies) who may have interest in the assets and properties listed in the schedule to show cause, within 14 days of such publication, why a Final Order of forfeiture to the Federal Government of Nigeria of the said assets and properties should not be made.
The exparte motion was moved by M.S Abubakar.
It was brought pursuant to section 17(1) and (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006.
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