EMEFIELE OWNS FORFEITED 753 DUPLEXES, IGBOKWE

Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that the former CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, owned the Abuja estate with 753 duplexes, the Federal High Court asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to take over its ownership.

On Monday, December 2, the EFCC announced that it had made the largest single asset recovery since it was established in 2003, adding that Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate resting on Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja.

According to the anti-graft agency, the estate measures 150,500 square metres and contains 753 Units of duplexes and other apartments. Justice Onwuegbuzie ruled that the property should be forfeited to the federal government.

Reacting to the report, Joe Igbokwe, in a Facebook post on Monday evening, December 2, alleged that the property was owned by 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 been probing the former apex bank governor and has secured several court judgments to take over the ownership of Emefiele’s property.