Nigeria, June 12 -- On 6 June, the UK High Court of Justice at King's Bench Division granted a forfeiture order on a property occupied by a Nigerian woman, Abigail Katung, who became the first person of African descent to hold the position of the Lord Mayor of Leeds.

The property, occupied by Mrs Katung and her two children, was owned by Mansoor Hussain - a businessman in Leeds accused by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) of having links to serious criminals and money laundering.

Mrs Katung is a wife of Nigerian Senator Sunday Katung. She signed a Contract of Sale agreement to purchase the property from Mr Hussain in 2015.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mrs Katung made a deposit of £400,000, of the £1,000,000 agreed, to acqui...