Includes 9 filling stations, gas plant, plazas
Justice N.E. Maha, of the Federal High Court, on Monday, ordered the final forfeiture of 24 properties held by fronts and proxies of Major-General Mohammed Ja’afaru, the director of Finance in the Office of the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Babagana Monguno.
All the assets were forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The Order was pursuant to a forfeiture application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which had in May 2020 secured the forfeiture of the properties on an interim basis.
The court had ordered the publication of notices in national newspapers, inviting persons with interest in the properties to show cause why they should not be finally forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
With no such interest shown by any entity, Justice Maha ordered the final forfeiture of the properties to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The 24 properties scattered across Kano, Kaduna, Borno and Cross River States, comprise land, shopping complex, gas station and fuel stations cumulatively valued at N10, 935,000,000.00.
The properties include some fuel stations located in Kano. There was also an LPG plant with 30 shops attached to it along Zaria Road, in Kano.
There was also Marhaba Event Centre, Guda Abdullahi Road, Farm Centre, amongst other choice buildings and undeveloped plots located in Kano.
The list also includes Atlasfield Corporate Headquarters, No. L6 Ahmadu Bello Way, Kaduna; Aflac Plastics Ltd, located behind National Eye Center, Kaduna and Event Center located in Calabar, Cross-River State.
