The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that it discovered huge amounts of money in foreign and local currencies on Wednesday at a building in Ikoyi area of Lagos State.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that despite the rejection of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, by the Senate, the Presidency is fully behind him.
Counsel to the former first lady, Ifedayo Adedipe, who led a team of other lawyers asked the court to unfreeze the account as Patience was not part of the original suit that led to the freezing of the account in the first place.
Justice Hassan ordered a final forfeiture of N1.825 billion to the coffers of the Federal Government of Nigeria, pointing out that the EFCC had complied with relevant laws and that the property had not been claimed by any party.
The EFCC spokesman narrated that the suspects were arrested after they tried to lure an unsuspecting victim into believing that some unclaimed boxes containing huge amount of dollars were kept with some herdsmen believed to be accomplices by an unidentified politician.
