Justice Saliu Saidu of the federal high court, Lagos has granted an order of interim forfeiture on  Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, where the EFCC recovered $43.4 million in April this year.

Folasade Oke, wife of Ayodele Oke, sacked Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), is said to be the owner of the flat.

The EFCC said it found a total sum of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000, hidden in disguised cabinets inside the luxurious apartment.

However, the NIA claimed ownership of the money, saying it was approved for the agency by former President Goodluck Jonathan to be used for some “covet operations”.

But Oke, the then NIA DG could not explain how the money found its way to the apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Subsequently he was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari, who also formed a three-man committee, headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to investigate the matter.

A report submitted by the probe panel recommended that Oke be sacked and further investigation be carried out into the activities of the NIA.

Oke was eventually removed from office on October 30.