Court orders seizure of senator’s house over alleged N1.5bn contract scam

by Dolapo Adelana

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a 12-storeyed building belonging to the senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi, over an alleged contract scam of N1.5bn.

The building which was ordered to be forfeited to the Federal Government is located at 27, Marine Road, Apapa.

The forfeiture order was delivered by Justice Abdulaziz Anka after entertaining an ex parte application brought before him on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

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Also joined in the suit with Nwaoboshi were his two companies – Golden Touch Construction Project Limited, and Bilderberg Enterprises Limited.

During the hearing, the anti-graft agency said the senator through his company, Bilderberg Enterprises Limited, got a N1.580bn contract to supply some construction equipment to the Delta State Direct Labour Agency sometime in 2010.

The EFCC said Nwaoboshi’s company short-changed the agency by supplying second-hand equipment while he actually collected money to supply new equipment.

It added that Nwaoboshi later used the proceeds of the alleged scam to bid for and purchase the 12-storeyed building, formerly known as Guinea House, for N805m in the name of his company, Golden Touch Construction Project Limited.

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He said the forfeiture order being sought was compliant with Section 44(2)(k) of the constitution and sections 28 and 29 of the EFCC (establishment) Act 2004.EFCC’s lawyer, George Chia-Yakua, said it was in the interest of justice to order the temporary forfeiture of the building pending the outcome of investigation and criminal trial of Nwaoboshi and his companies.

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