Oladimeji RamonThe Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a total of N387m found in the bank accounts of four ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which obtained the forfeiture order, told the court that the ex-INEC officials benefitted from the N23bn, which a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, allegedly doled out to influence the 2015 presidential election in favour of then incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. Zakari said the EFCC had, however, recovered N387m out of the N510m from the four ex-INEC officials. The anti-graft agency gave the names of the said ex-INEC officials as Victor Chukwuani, Okesiji Adeniran, Gabriel Oke and Torgba Nyitse. He said it would be in the interest of justice for the temporary forfeiture order to be made.

Source: Punch July 23, 2018 16:41 UTC