Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- The Court of Appeal in Lagos has reinstated an interim forfeiture order previously granted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over 14 properties and N400 million allegedly linked to former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.
In a unanimous judgement delivered virtually on Wednesday by a panel of three justices led by Yargata Nimpar, with Danlami Senchi and Paul Bassi concurring to set aside an earlier ruling of the Federal High Court, which had struck out the forfeiture case on grounds of immunity under Section 308 of the Nigerian Constitution.
The appellate court held that the immunity granted to serving governors does not extend to assets suspected to be proceeds of crime, thereby restoring the EFC...
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