By Ayodele Oni
As the legal tussle between United Kingdom, (UK) and former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu over organ harvesting for his child remains unresolved, he is again faced with another in Nigeria over acquisition of some properties.
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday issued an order of interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the former Deputy Senate President.
It was learnt that 10 of Ekweremadu’s properties in Enugu, three in the United States of America (USA), two in the United Kingdom (UK), one in Lagos, nine in Dubai, and 15 located in the Federal Capital Territory are affected by the interim forfeiture order.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, the trial Judge, gave the order following an ex-parte motion filed and moved by Ibrahim Buba on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Ruling on the motion, the Judge ordered EFCC to publish the interim forfeiture order of the properties in a national daily within seven days from the date the order was given.
Justice Ekwo, adjourned the matter till December 5, for a report on the objection from any member of the public regarding the properties.
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