Daily Trust

FG seeks forfeiture of 23 properties linked to Ekweremadu

- By Ismail Mudashir & Clement A. Oloyede

The Federal Government has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja with a motion exparte seeking an order of temporary forfeiture of 22 properties allegedly linked to the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.

The motion which was filed yesterday by Festus Keyamo (SAN) for the Special Presidenti­al Investigat­ion Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, accused Ekweremadu of not declaring the properties in his asset declaratio­n form with the Code (CCB).

FG said a preliminar­y investigat­ion revealed that a prima facie case of a breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officers has been made out against Ekweremadu.

The motion has not yet been assigned to any judge. of Conduct Bureau

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