Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, owns the newly seized Abuja estate with 753 duplexes, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently took over.
The APC chieftain made this claim while reacting to the EFCC’s announcement on Monday, December 2. According to the EFCC, Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the forfeiture of the estate in his judgment on Monday evening.
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On Monday, December 2, the EFCC announced that it had made the largest single asset recovery since its establishment in 2003. Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie ruled on the final forfeiture of an estate located on Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja.
Joe Igbokwe stated that former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele is the owner of the 753 duplexes forfeited by the FCT Court to the EFCC.
According to the anti-graft agency, the estate measures 150,500 square meters and contains 753 units of duplexes and other apartments. Justice Onwuegbuzie ruled that the property should be forfeited to the federal government.
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Reacting to the report, Joe Igbokwe, in a Facebook post on Monday evening, December 2, alleged that the property belonged to the immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
“I hear with one ear that the 753 duplexes forfeited by an FCT Court in Apo belong to former CBN Gov Godwin Emefiele. This one choked me to the marrow. Many Nigerians no dey fear God again oooo. Godwin Emefiele is one of them.”
Although the EFCC did not mention the estate’s owner, the anti-graft agency has probed the former apex bank governor and has secured several court judgments to take over the ownership of Emefiele’s property.
