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Embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was responsible for his travails at the London Court where he had been in detention over alleged organ harvest.

The Senator who has been in custody in London over an alleged organ harvest told the Federal High Court that the EFCC wrote a letter to the London Court which made the foreign court refuse to it him to bail.

Ekweremadu’s allegations were contained in an application he filed before the Nigerian court seeking an order of the court to set aside interim order granted in favour of the Federal Government for forfeiture of his 40 properties in the country and outside the country.

The ex-Deputy Senate President in the application by his counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), claimed that the forfeiture order was granted to the Federal Government in error because the EFCC suppressed information and facts in respect of the properties.

Specifically, the detained Senator alleged that the EFCC fraudulently obtained the forfeiture order for the government by concealing information that the investigation on the 40 properties started as far back as 2008.

Among others, he alleged that the EFCC was fully aware that he was in detention in London when the application for forfeiture of the properties was filed and argued.

He said that the anti-graft agency deliberately refused to disclose to the court that he was in London detention and would not be able to counter the forfeiture request.

Ekweremadu, therefore, prayed the court to set aside the forfeiture order and stay proceedings in the matter until he resolves his ordeal before the London Court.

However, counsel to the EFCC, Silvanus Tahir (SAN), denied that the commission was behind Ekweremadu’s ordeal.

While itting that EFCC wrote the London Court based on a special request, he said that it was a normal routine for anti-graft agencies to exchange information that would be of help to one another.

Tahir did not oppose the request for a stay of proceedings till Ekweremadu fully resolve his matter before the London Court but however, vehemently opposed the request for setting aside the forfeiture order.

Justice Ekwo after taking arguments from parties fixed January 25 next year for ruling in the matter.

The Court had on Friday, November 4 ordered interim forfeiture of 40 landed property linked to Ekweremadu in some parts of the country and outside the country.

Justice Ekwo issued the order following an ex -parte motion filed and moved by Ibrahim Buba, lawyer to the EFCC.

The Judge, who granted the motion, ordered the EFCC to publish the interim forfeiture order of the property in a national daily within seven days.

He had directed anybody who has an interest in the forfeited property to indicate within 14 days of the publication of the interim forfeiture order why the property should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.

The affected properties included 10 property in Enugu, three in the United States of America, two in the UK, one in Lagos, nine in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and 15 located in the Federal Capital Territory.

https://punchng.com/alleged-organ-harvest-efcc-behind-my-travails-ekweremadu/?amp

Ekweremadu has stolen so much from the system. Yet, he wants to be the governor of Enugu State. I just hope that his confiscated properties will be sold and the proceeds given to Enugu State government. The black man has no conscience.

Afterall, Buhari and his istration started the blame game, so let it continue.

Ekwe, na EFCC advise you to use that boy?

The nepotistic inbreds at the EFCC headquarters are cleverly trying to use his London situation to hold him down over there while that crook at The EFCC head office sells off his choice estates to pro establishment characters from the north and Niger republic. It may sound wild to you but follow this news item going forward. All they want to do is to use corrupt judges here to seize his heavy landed properties all over the place and redistribute those to their lazy ethnic henchmen.

Must you drag EFCC to your self inflicted issue?

owobokiri:
The nepotistic inbreds at the EFCC headquarters are cleverly trying to use his London situation to hold him down over there while that crook at The EFCC head office sells off his choice estates to pro establishment characters from the north and Niger republic. It may sound wild to you but follow this news item going forward. All they want to do is to use corrupt judges here to seize his heavy landed properties all over the place and redistribute those to their lazy ethnic henchmen.

Shut up and seek for your welfare, you can't be in chains and be an advocate to those that chained unless you are doing it under duress.

Mr Ekweremadu please leave the EFCC out of your predicament. The whiteman does not take law based on sentiments.

Victim mentality

U see how Nigerians stole money to develop abroad.

Nine properties in Dubai.

How can we develop when all the monies are being taken out of the country?

I sorry for Nigeria.

Tell your story to Tinubu's surpporters, they are the only set of urchins that can believe you. That it was EFCC who asked you to trick an innocent poor guy to UK in order to harvest his organs for your spoilt bleaching daughter.

This one no wan rest..




One of the enemies of the people...go and build international standard hospital in your constituency first. Oloriburuku

Vote wisely

This Man just finished his cocaine, what is efcc business with organ harvesting? When they are out of lies, next is speaking rubbish

the UK government should hurry up and jail this man......

owobokiri:
The nepotistic inbreds at the EFCC headquarters are cleverly trying to use his London situation to hold him down over there while that crook at The EFCC head office sells off his choice estates to pro establishment characters from the north and Niger republic. It may sound wild to you but follow this news item going forward. All they want to do is to use corrupt judges here to seize his heavy landed properties all over the place and redistribute those to their lazy ethnic henchmen.

Stop ing criminals .
I'm an igbo woman, may Ekweremadu spend the rest if his criminal life in jail.

Even our most deadly dieties hates injustice.

LadyRosa:


Stop ing criminals .
I'm an igbo woman, may Ekweremadu spent the rest if his criminal life in jail.

Even our most deadly dieties hates injustice.

You of all people, are you trying to prove that you have sense and ain't worse?
It is the men that are the fall guy whereas it's the greedy women like you standing beside them, egging them on, that are much worse. Back in the days, deadly deities wound have turned a woman like you into a stone or a fowl.

Na dem send you to wan thief organ after thieving our resources?

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Very typical of Igbo ppl. Developers them

You do am abi you no do am??

Efcc no do you anything h

This people no dey tire

Joker

EFCC abi Karma had come calling? All our greedy, corrupt and unfeeling politicians will meet their comeuppance.

Those who go shit for bodi openly go shit
Those who will pee in disgrace openly, will pee.

Those who will become crippled will be crippled.

Those who will collapse and be rushed abroad will collapse

Those who will enter jail will enter.

None of them will die without being punished here on earth, irrespective of how much they have stolen from the poor....Those who have cheated the poor, stolen their portion and made them cry

Karma isn't wicked oo, its only doing it's normal job.

Hahahahahah this guy is just a joker

Always pointing fingers up and down


He should go and sort himself out bcuz when he was enjoying none of us benefited , even his constituents

He go soon blame villagw people. Nansense and ingredient. No be efcc na nnpc

We give u to afonja skull miners

Not again! A unique characteristic of our compatriots from Eastern Nigeria is the penchant to heap blames which are naturally and reasonably theirs on the other Nigerians. As a father myself I felt for Senator Ekweremadu in his travails, but to blame others for a case that's evidently his is stretching Victimisation and Marginalisation beyond their elasticities.

Hmmmm

Dem go sha find whom to blame...