Breaking: Ike Ekweremadu’s Homes Seized in Enugu (10), the United States (3), the United Kingdom (2), Lagos (1), Dubai (9) and Abuja ( 15 )

Ike Ekweremadu, the disgraced former Deputy Senate President, is in even more danger now that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, has been granted permission to temporarily take 40 properties that are reportedly linked to him by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday.

Trial Justice Inyang Ekwo issued the interim forfeiture order following his hearing of an ex-parte motion made by the EFCC.

An affidavit identifying the properties as the focus of an ongoing investigation was attached to the ex-parte application with the file number FHC/ABJ/CS/1242/2022 that was filed by Mr. Ibrahim Buba, a prosecutor at the EFCC.

Those places

10 of the landed properties are located in Enugu, three are in the United States of America, two are in the United Kingdom, one is in Lagos, nine are in Dubai, and 15 are in the Federal Capital Territory. The EFCC informed the court that they suspect the proceeds of crime were used to purchase these properties.

In his decision, Justice Ekwo mandated that the anti-graft agency announce the interim forfeiture order of the assets in a national daily within the next seven days.

The court then put the matter on hold until December 5 while it awaited a report on any objections from members of the public who had an interest in any of the properties.

Ekweremadu is currently on trial in the UK for allegedly bringing David Ukpo to the nation with the intention of removing his organs.

Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice were detained by the London Metropolitan Police and charged with bringing a child (Ukpo) to the UK for organ harvesting.

The personal information on Ukpo’s international passport and bank verification number, or BVN, later revealed that he is roughly 21 years old, despite the UK police’s claims that he was 15 years old.

Although Ekweremadu remains in custody, his wife was granted bail by a UK judge on July 26 while the case against them is being resolved.