9 filling stations, event centres… EFCC secures forfeiture of N10.9bn property linked to ‘top military officer’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has secured the final forfeiture of 24 properties “linked to a top military officer”.

The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday.

According to the statement, N.E. Maha, justice of the federal high court in Abuja, granted the order for the final forfeiture of the properties on Monday.

The name of the military officer was, however, not given.

The development followed an application filed by the EFCC in May 2020, after the court granted an order for interim forfeiture of the properties.

Following the application for final forfeiture, the court ordered that notices be published in national newspapers “inviting persons with interest in the properties to show cause why they should not be finally forfeited to the federal government”.

“With no such interest shown by any entity, Justice Maha on Monday, February 14, 2022, ordered the final forfeiture of the properties to the Federal Government of Nigeria,” the statement reads.

The properties, said to be valued at a total of N10,935,000,000, are listed as follows:

1. A 16-pump filling station located at Rijiyar Lemo, Kano
2. A filling station with 41 pumps located opposite federal secretariat, Kano
3. A filling station with 39 pumps located along BUK road, Kano
4. A filling station with 31 pumps located along Zaria bypass, Kano
5. A filling station with 31 pumps located along Maiduguri bypass, Kano
   
6. A filling station with 29 pumps located along Maiduguri bypass, Kano
7. A filling station with 23 pumps located along Naibawa, Kano
8. A filling station with 39 pumps located along Bachirawa, Kano
9. A filling station with 51 pumps and a one-storey building with 35 shops attached to the filling station located along Shiek Ja’afar road, Dorayi, Kano
10. An LPG plant with 30 shops attached to it, located along Zaria road, Kano
11. Marhaba event centre, Guda Abdullahi road, farm centre, Kano
    
12. A three-storey building (plaza) with 28 shops located on Hadeja road, next to Sheshe supermarket, Kano
13. A three-storey building (plaza) with 126 shops located on Audu Bako way, opposite Nation Plaza, Kano
14. Classic block industry at Maiduguri road, Kano
15. Atlasfield corporate headquarters, No. L6, Ahmadu Bello way, Kaduna
16. Undeveloped plot located at Sharada, adjacent A.A. Rano filling station, Kano
    
17. Undeveloped plot located at Yan Rake, adjacent Dala Orthopedic Hospital, Kano
    
18. Undeveloped plot located along Kano-Gwarzo road, adjacent Kedco regional office, Kano north/opposite Silver Spoon restaurant, Kano
19. Undeveloped plot located along Kano-Gwarzo road, opposite Markaz mosque, Kano
20. Undeveloped plot located on Sani Marshal road, opposite Nissan Automobile, Kano
21. 11.7 hectares located adjacent Tinapa resort, Adiabo, Calabar
22. Truck assembly plant, Easter bypass, Kano
23. Event centre located in Calabar, Cross River state
24. Aflac Plastics Limited located behind National Eye Centre, Kaduna

See some of the properties below.