Two
high courts in Abuja have ordered that the immediate past Minister of the
Federal
Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, and his son, Shamsudeen,
temporarily forfeit 10 properties to the Federal Government.
The
courts also barred the suspects from selling anything found in the properties,
including luxury cars, jewelleries and other valuables.
The
seizure of some of the properties traced to the ex-minister was pursuant to an
interim forfeiture order by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court,
Abuja.
Justice
Abang ordered the temporary forfeiture of the properties “to the Federal
Government pending the conclusion of investigation and determination of
criminal charges against the suspects.”
He
added, “The court also gives the commission power to appoint competent
persons/firm to manage the assets/properties listed.”
The
remaining properties were confiscated on the strength of the order by Justice
Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which ordered that the
assets be “forfeited to the Federal Government pending the conclusion of
investigation and determination of the criminal charges against the suspects.”
Justice
Kolawole stated, “The court also forbids any disposal, conveyance, mortgage,
lease, sale or alienation or otherwise of the property/assets.”
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