A
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the temporary forfeiture of 46
properties allegedly belonging to Dr. Ngozi Olojeme, the Deputy Chairman,
Finance Committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in the 2015
election.
The
court order, a copy of which was seen by our correspondent, showed that the
properties were located in several locations in Abuja, Delta, Enugu and Bayelsa
States.
The
properties comprise 27 buildings, including a bank, office buildings and
houses, at various stages of development and several pieces of undeveloped
land.
Some
of the properties include: a twin duplex office building – Plot R/151 (No. 30A)
Kingsway Road, Old GRA, Enugu State; a parcel of land measuring 4833.241 sq.
metres located at Uberi Bush along Mbiama Road, Akenta, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State;
and a parcel of land located at Igbandaden Bush, Emeya 2 Town, Ogbia LGA,
Bayelsa.
Others
include: Properties located at 196, Melford Okilo Road, Amarata-Epie, Yenegoa,
Bayelsa State (six units of one bedroom apartments, one unit of five bedroom
bungalows, a block of six units of office space); a mansion at 24 Kainji
Crescent, Maitama, Abuja and a bank building (former Intercontinental Bank)
located at Plot No. 933 Cadastral Zone B01, Gudu District, Abuja
Olejeme,
who was the Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, is wanted in a
case of criminal conspiracy, abuse of office, diversion of public funds and money
laundering.
The
former chairman is alleged to have, along with Mr Umar Munir Abubakar, the
former Managing Director of NSITF, mismanaged and diverted well over N69b in
government funds into their personal accounts through the award of suspicious
and bogus contracts to proxy companies.
The
suspect, who served as the Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund
from 2009 to 2015, was in June declared wanted for allegedly diverting N69bn
from the agency but turned herself in last Monday.
Olojeme
is also the widow to Felix Obuah, the late Chief Security Officer to Jonathan,
was said to have fled the country shortly after her sack by President Muhammadu
Buhari in 2015.
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