Justice
Mohammed B. Idris of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has
ordered the final forfeiture of the proceeds of bribe given by former Petroleum
Minister, Deziani Alison Maduekwe to some staff of INEC in the build up to the
2015 General elections.
The properties
belonging to Christian Nwosu, the convict, are a landed property measuring
100ft by 80, lying and another situated at Okotomi layout, Obodogwugwu
Quarters, Okpanam, Oshimili North LG and 100ft by 50, lying in the same local
government area of Delta State.
Also to be
forfeited by Nwosu to the federal government is the sum of N5m (Five Million
Naira) recovered from the convict.Nwosu and two others were earlier arraigned
on April 5, 2017 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before
Honourable Justice Idris on a 7-count charge bordering on receiving
gratification to the tune of N264,880,000.00 (Two hundred and sixty-four
million, eight hundred and eighty thousand naira) in which the convict (Nwosu)
pleaded guilty of receiving N30m (thirty million naira) from the said campaign
bribe money.
The convict
and two others, Yisa Olanrewaju Adedoyin and Tijani Bashir had on March 27,
2015, allegedly received the slush bribe money from the former minister of
Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke during the administration of
the former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, in the build up to the 2015
general elections.
The 2nd and
3rd accused persons, Adedoyin and Bashir, pleaded not guilty while Nwosu
pleaded guilty to the charge against him.
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