Thursday, 29 March 2018

N138m extortion: Court orders interval relinquishment of Naval officers' properties, cash



Equity Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, requested the transitory relinquishment of two properties situated in the Lekki territory of the state, having a place with two Naval officers, Captain Olotu Olumuyiwa Morakinyo and Captain Ebony Emmanuel Aneke to the Nigerian government.

Equity Hassan additionally conceded another request, incidentally relinquishing to the administration the whole of N11, 040,000 found in the record of a restricted risk organization, Lakewood Garden Ventures Limited associated to be a continue with unlawful action.

Equity Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, requested the transitory relinquishment of two properties situated in the Lekki territory of the state, having a place with two Naval officers, Captain Olotu Olumuyiwa Morakinyo and Captain Ebony Emmanuel Aneke to the Nigerian government.

Equity Hassan additionally allowed another request, briefly relinquishing to the administration the entirety of N11, 040,000 found in the record of a restricted risk organization, Lakewood Garden Ventures Limited associated to be a continue with unlawful movement.

The judge allowed the request in the wake of engaging an ex-parte application contended under the steady gaze of him by a legal counselor from the workplace of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Idris Abdullahi Mohammed.

The EFCC had in an affirmation connected to the application and arranged to by one of its agents, Idris Adamu, asserted that it got insight report for the instance of trick, taking and tax evasion against the two Naval officers, who were presented on Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as Maritime Guard Commanders from September 2011 to September 2015.

Adamu kept up in the sworn statement that Captain Morakinyo got monies from the general population recorded underneath: Yahaya Kanawa - N3,800,000; Maigai Intergrated Limited-N4,650,000; Capital Providers Limited - N8,000,000; Crescent Pillars Investment Limited; N18,000,000.

He claimed that the military officer changed over the total of N6,500,000 implied for the development of a correspondence community for Maritime Guard Command, and that monies totalling N40,950,000, property of NIMASA were gotten through his own record home at Access Bank Plc.

Equity Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, requested the transitory relinquishment of two properties situated in the Lekki territory of the state, having a place with two Naval officers, Captain Olotu Olumuyiwa Morakinyo and Captain Ebony Emmanuel Aneke to the Nigerian government.

Equity Hassan additionally conceded another request, incidentally relinquishing to the administration the total of N11, 040,000 found in the record of a constrained risk organization, Lakewood Garden Ventures Limited associated to be a continue with unlawful action.

The judge allowed the request subsequent to engaging an ex-parte application contended under the watchful eye of him by an attorney from the workplace of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Idris Abdullahi Mohammed.

The EFCC had in a testimony appended to the application and arranged to by one of its agents, Idris Adamu, asserted that it got knowledge report for the instance of connivance, taking and illegal tax avoidance against the two Naval officers, who were presented on Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as Maritime Guard Commanders from September 2011 to September 2015.

Adamu kept up in the sworn statement that Captain Morakinyo got monies from the general population recorded beneath: Yahaya Kanawa - N3,800,000; Maigai Intergrated Limited-N4,650,000; Capital Providers Limited - N8,000,000; Crescent Pillars Investment Limited; N18,000,000.

He charged that the military officer changed over the aggregate of N6,500,000 implied for the development of a correspondence community for Maritime Guard Command, and that monies totalling N40,950,000, property of NIMASA were gotten through his own record home at Access Bank Plc.

In his decision, Justice Hassan separated from conceding the request of between time relinquishment, additionally requested the counter join organization to distribute the request of the court in any national day by day for the respondents or any individual who is keen on the properties looked to be relinquished to show up under the steady gaze of the court to demonstrate cause inside 14 days why the last relinquishment of the properties ought not be made for the Federal Government of Nigeria.

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