The ICPC had applied for the final forfeiture of 60 buildings and a 9.6-hectare plot of land located at Sabon-Lugbe South-West Extension, Airport Road, Abuja.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of 60 buildings illegally acquired by Adenike Ishola Bintu, a former Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The ICPC had applied for the final forfeiture of 60 buildings and a 9.6-hectare plot of land located at Sabon-Lugbe South-West Extension, Airport Road, Abuja.
The ICPC’s lawyer, John-Paul Okwor, told the court that the commission was relying on Sections 48 (1) (2) and (3) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, which gives it the authority to approach courts to forfeit properties obtained through corruption.
The assets were allegedly acquired by Ms Bintu through corrupt means, according to the agency’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, who revealed this in a statement on Thursday.
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“However, the subscribers, who had made several payments totaling millions of naira, were never allocated plots of land, nor were their funds returned to them by Bintu and her company,” according to the statement.
“In addition, ICPC demonstrated to the court that Bintu, who had jumped bail and is now a fugitive, did not enter into any partnership with NSCDC to construct estates for members of the public.”
She was alleged to have told the court in her arguments that the ICPC had no authority to prosecute civil cases and that the commission’s reliance on Sections 6 and 48 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, had been repealed by the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003.
