Asset forfeiture: Court shifts Diezani’s suit against EFCC to December

The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, postponed the hearing of a suit filed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the orders obtained by the EFCC for final forfeiture of her seized assets. The matter, which was scheduled on number 15 on the cause list, could not proceed due to the absence of the presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo. The court subsequently fixed Dec. 7 for hearing of the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/21/23. Recall that Justice Ekwo had, on June 21, fixed yesterday for a hearing of the…

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