A Federal Capital Territory High Court,
sitting in Jabi, Abuja, has ordered that Alhaja Moroophat Obanikoro, the
wife of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu
Obanikoro, should forfeit her property pending the outcome of
investigations into her husband and children.
The court also rejected a prayer asking
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to pay her the sum of N200m
for violating her fundamental human rights.
Obanikoro’s wife has, however, headed for the Appeal Court to challenge the court judgment.
As part of investigations into the
$2.1bn arms scam, involving the Office of the National Security Adviser,
the EFCC had traced the transfer of about N4.7bn to the Diamond Bank
account of Sylvan McNamara, a company allegedly owned by Obanikoro’s two
sons – Gbolahan and Babajide.
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