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A former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, has approached the Court of Appeal in abuja, praying it to set aside a judgment granting the government full control of a substantial estate in abuja comprising 753 housing units.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had earlier obtained a court order to seize the estate, situated in the Lokogoma district of Abuja.

The estate was originally linked and recovered from an unnamed former government official.

However, Emefiele, through his legal representative, A.M. Kotoye, filed a motion as an interested party in the suit. He contends that he ought to have been involved in the proceedings.

He is now seeking the appeal court’s reversal of the lower court’s ruling.

In his contentions, Emefiele sought an extension of time to challenge the interim and final forfeiture orders issued by the court on december 2 and december 24, 2024, respectively.

Emefiele told the court that the forfeiture proceedings were carried out without his knowledge.

He alleged that the EFCC published the interim forfeiture notice in an obscure section of a newspaper, making it difficult for him to respond in a timely manner.

He also explained to the court that during the relevant period, he was standing trial in three separate criminal cases in courts in both Abuja and Lagos, which made it practically impossible for him to discover the publication.

Additionally, Emefiele accused the EFCC of deliberately concealing the forfeiture proceedings, despite their regular interactions with him concerning other pending charges.

The court in a judgement delivered by justice J. O Onwuegbuzie, dismissed emefiele’s motion stating that section 17(2) of the advance fee fraud and other fraud related offences Act, 2006, governs the notice requirements in forfeiture proceedings.

The court also held that Emefiele’s claim that the publication was obscure is not acceptable, noting that a half-page notice in a national newspaper could not reasonably be described as hidden.

Dissatisfied with the decision of the trial court, Emefiele in an appeal dated April 30, 2025, approached the appellate court through his counsel Kotoye seeking five reliefs.

The appeal, which names Emefiele as the appellant and the EFCC as the sole respondent, prayed the court for an order allowing the appeal. He also prayed for an order of the “honourable court setting aside the judgment of the lower court.

In the appeal, Emefiele predicated his argument on four grounds while he maintained that he was dissatisfied with the entire judgement.

Emefiele argued that both the interim and final order as well as the entire proceedings before the lower court are a nullity because everything was predicated on conjectures, hearsay and both of which are inissible.

The appellant added that “there is no law that was breached in the acquisition of those properties pursuant to which section 44(2)(b)of the 1999 constitution (as amended)and section 17(1)of the advance fee fraud and other related offences act could be activated.

“Both the interim and final forfeiture orders were therefore made in contravention of section 44(1)of the 1999 constitution (as amended)and are therefore a nullity”.

The appellant noted that throughout the grounds in of the application he clearly showed his interest in both legal and equitable rights in the property in dispute.

Meanwhile, in a letter dated May 26, 2025 and addressed to the minister of the federal ministry of housing and urban development, A.O.M. Adebowale, co-counsel for the former apex bank chief, drew the minister’s attention to a pending appeal regarding the disputed property.

The letter urged the minister to refrain from taking further action on the property until the appeal was heard.

We write to bring to your notice the pendency of our appeal at the court of appeal, abuja, following the judgment of the high court of the federal capital territory, sitting at apo, delivered by his lordship J.O. Onwuegbuize on April 28.

“We have become aware of the handing over of the properties, which are the subject matter of the pending appeal, to the ministry of works and housing through the honourable minister for works and housing. We are further aware that the said properties will soon be made available to the general public for purchase via auction.

“We served the notice of appeal to the legal department of the economic and financial crimes commission on May 2, 2025 and subsequently served a notice of injunction on 22 may 2025.”

“In light of the foregoing, we write to bring the pendency of our appeal to your notice and request that further actions on the subject matter of the appeal be stayed pending the hearing of the appeal.”

https://www.channelstv.com/2025/05/28/emefiele-appeals-final-forfeiture-order-on-753-unit-housing-estate/amp/

Do you know why, we are able to go to China to borrow loans ??

Because China executes corrupt government Officials

In China the looters are dying, the citizens are thriving.

Do you know why Nigeria is always borrowing more loans.

The corrupt people (e.g Yahya Bello, Ganduje,Emefiele) are roaming the streets freely, waiting for their next government appointment.

In Nigeria the Citizens are dying, the looters are thriving.

At a point you are very powerful, but now all that power is gone plus everything you worked for outside politics, and everything may still come back to him , May God deliver us from selfish leaders

Extremely hard to understand Nigeria

Chai

All the cashless policy

Na estate him take the money buy


One P.O.S operator close to my house was feeling like god just because I want to withdraw 3k

Omo this country is upside down 😔😔

This is one of the Ip0b gods

If they no arrest this guy now... If for don Peter obi collations... And some mumu will be praising him same same wey dey are praising criminal atiku and el Rufai

This man is just a sacrificial goat 🐐, 😂😂. They used him to undermine Tinubu, now he's facing the music alone.

God have mercy

if i talk now them go ban me

Fg give him back his property
Tinubu acquired more Dan dat from Lagos money, OBJ did d same, operation feed d nation, he personalized it

Haaa!!!

aminauiade:


https://www.channelstv.com/2025/05/28/emefiele-appeals-final-forfeiture-order-on-753-unit-housing-estate/amp/

The audacity

Lmaooooo. The effrontery!!!

Who dey behind scene wey dey fortify ewefiemele's balls with steel? Ta lon ki laya?

Lmaoooo... This man only want to dig his grave deeper. Now, the FG and EFCC will look for more dirt on him. This is not the kind of attention he wants right now. Someone who should keep quiet, go underground dey enjoy whatever is remaining of his hidden stash. In 4 years, come out to the o--bi--dunce movement so they can market him as the best alive like the are doing with o--b--i. Lol

Watch how the emergency lovers of Nigeria will rally around him? Like how their fake messiah ed emefielele's demonic No Cash policy during the 2023 election.


Lmaoooo.... One of them up there already beating drum of . He said "Fg give him back his property" These people are irredeemable. Inshallah, they will never smell the presidency.

He should just APC and enjoy protection of the government as well as the praises of ur.chins

As far as BAT is there, Emiefele won't get justice.

naira scarcity that made vote buying impossible? BAT would want to take his own pound of the flesh.

Whois:
The audacity

Asin!!! The man too get mind.

Imagine such ice-solid guts

Oga felt too comfortable that he took the country's money to build himself an Estate over 700 buildings. Developer!!!

Greed can turn a wiseman to a fool.

eminikansoso:
God have mercy

Until Nigeria Government starts executing corrupt politicians before we can have peace in this country.

Can you imagine the guts.

Ok

While the government have been complaining about housing deficiency Emefiele inadvertently provided one.

The money embezzled by politicians and government officials and scuttled overseas is enough to create housing surplus and solve developmental problems in the country. If Emefiele had invested his loot abroad none will be recovered

The government should start auctioning those houses already, what are they waiting for?

Stupid man!

I have never in my life seen where a sitting central bank governor is dabbling into partisan politics to the extent of being bold enough to contest to be president of the country

Hueyreckless0007:


Asin!!! The man too get mind.

Guess he's thinking "Am I the only one?"

That can generate audacity

Domislaz:
He should just APC and enjoy protection of the government as well as the praises of ur.chins

Let him get his ass out of prison first!

obembet:
If they no arrest this guy now... If for don Peter obi collations... And some mumu will be praising him same same wey dey are praising criminal atiku and el Rufai

The joke's on you. He's an APC member.

ngeneukwuewuGOAT:


As far as BAT is there, Emiefele won't get justice.

naira scarcity that made vote buying impossible? BAT would want to take his own pound of the flesh.

I also want my own pound of flesh!

Do you know how many people died needlessly as a result of the cash scarcity, just because they spent hours standing at queues at ATMs to withdraw their own money?!

I myself spent times 3 of the amount I was supposed to spend on my father-in-law's burial; price of everything doubled or tripped eg price of a cow, soup condiments, the price to charter buses from my village to my wife's village went from 30K to 70K.

If you wanted to withdraw 10K cash of new currency from POS operators they will deduct charges of 2.5K!

Emefiele should enjoy whatever is coming to him cos he really punished Nigerians with his nonsense cash swap policy!