Court orders forfeiture of ex-Customs boss’ 17 vehicles to FG

Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, has ordered the forfeiture of the 17 vehicles discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, at the home of former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko Inde, to the federal government.

This order is coming at the heels of an ex parte application by the EFCC, seeking among others, the forfeiture of the vehicles to the Nigerian government, pending the conclusion of investigation and determination of the matter.

Delivering his judgement, Justice Shuaibu held that “the seventeen (17) vehicles which are now in the custody of the applicant ( EFCC) and as properly described and listed in the schedule marked exhibit EFCC 2 attached to the affidavit in support of the application, are hereby forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria in the interim pending conclusion of the investigation.”
The anti-corruption agency had on February 20, stormed the warehouse of the former Customs boss on Nnamdi Azikwe Street, Kaduna and discovered seventeen exotic vehicles worth hundreds of millions of Naira, suspected to be proceeds of crime.

Some of the cars the agency recovered include; Black BMW 525i series, 2010 model with chassis number WBAFR7108BC262936.; Ash Hyundai Volester, 2012 model with chassis number KMHTC6AD4CU056038; and Dark Blue BMW 325i, 2003 model with chassis number WBAEV31090KL48386.
Others are Black Land Cruiser Prado Jeep, 2014 model with chassis number JTEBU3FJ50K082080; Black Mercedes G wagon, 2013 model with chassis number WDB4632361X207661, and also a Black BMW 335i series, 2012 model with chassis number WBA3A91040F268895.

Also, Silver Peugeot 406, 2002 model with chassis number VF3BBRFNR81519018; Black Land Cruiser Prado Jeep, 2014 model with chassis number JTEBU3FJ10K082352, and Yellow Toyota FJ Jeep, 2007 model with chassis number JTEZU11F68K001301.
The commission also listed Black Toyota Avensis, 2013 model with chassis number SBIBL76L20E037245; Dark ash KIA Cadenza, 2011 model with chassis number KNALN414BC5093288.

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