The Federal Government of Nigeria
has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Deputy Senate
President, Ike Ekweremadu from further selling off his properties.
The Federal Government made the
appeal in a counter affidavit filed on Thursday in response to Ekweremadu’s
motion on notice.
It told the court that
Ekweremadu, in a desperate bid to avoid forfeiting the properties to the
Federal Government, has already sold two of his three undeclared properties in
Kissimmee, Florida, United States of America.
While accusing him of employing
delay tactics to frustrate the suit, the Federal Government averred that the
properties which were bought in 2008 for $200,000 each were put on the market
in January and sold for $150,000 to the same buyer on February 20, 2018.
The Federal Government further
prayed the court to grant the application to enable the Special Presidential
Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, led by Mr. Okoi
Obono-Obla to also investigate the alleged buyers.
Justice Binta Nyako, however,
adjourned the matter to June 5, 2018, for hearing.
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