Justice R.M.
Aikwa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, Wednesday ordered an
interim forfeiture of the sum of N449, 770, 000 (Four Hundred and Forty-
Nine
Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Naira) recently uncovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) in a shop at LEGICO Shopping 
The order
followed a motion ex-parte filed by Rotimi Oyedepo, a prosecutor with the EFCC
pursuant to Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related
Offences Act No. 14, 2006. In his ruling, Justice Aikawa ordered anyone
interested in the money to appear before him at the next adjourned date to show
reason why the money should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal
Government.
The Commission
was also directed to publish in any national daily for anyone to show cause
within 14 days why the order for the final forfeiture should not be granted.
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