Nigeria: 57 properties linked to Malami ‘proceeds of crime’, must be forfeited — EFCC insists — Africa Links 24

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the 57 properties allegedly linked to Abubakar Malami, SAN, former Minister of Justice, should be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.

The EFCC, in a motion on notice for final forfeiture of the property filed by its team of lawyers led by Jibrin Okutepa, SAN, and Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, told Justice Joyce Abdulmalik that the respondents had failed to place sufficient evidence before the…