Justice Muslim Sule Hassan of a Federal
High Court Lagos yesterday ordered the
final forfeiture of N1.83 billion allegedly
belonging to a former Chief of Naval Staff,
Admiral Dele Ezeoba. Justice Hassan
granted the order for permanent forfeiture of
the huge sum of money following an
application by an EFCC prosecutor, Mr
Rotimi Oyedepo, in pursuant to section 17
of the Advanced Fee Fraud Act 2006. EFCC
claims the seized money was diverted from
the coffers of the Nigerian Navy while
Ezeoba was in office.
According to the antigraft agency, Ezeoba
had opened an account for a company,
Aquila leasing limited using a different
name, Chukwuka Onwuchekwa, the
disguised Managing Director of the leasing
company.
In a desperate move to cover his crime, the
suspect entered into a supposed
memorandum of understanding to buy
Aquila’s shares from the said
Onwuchekwa. A look into the books of the
Nigerian Navy while he was in office led to
the discovery of his crime.
The EFCC had secured a temporary
forfeiture of the N1.8 billion but yesterday
were able to secure a temporary forfeiture
in court.
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