{"id":1550,"date":"2021-10-15T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:26:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:26:53","slug":"n20b-bailout-loan-efcc-withdraws-case-against-kogi-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/n20b-bailout-loan-efcc-withdraws-case-against-kogi-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"N20b Bailout Loan: EFCC Withdraws Case against Kogi Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn its suit seeking the forfeiture of N20billion bailout funds granted to the Kogi State Government by a new generation bank.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The money, which was meant for the payment of Kogi workers, was alleged to have been domiciled in an interest-yielding account with the bank by officials of the state government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2021\/09\/28\/efcc-vs-kogi-govt-court-resumes-hearing-adjourns-till-october-15th\">Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke granted the order of withdrawal on Friday<\/a> sequel to a motion filed and argued by EFCC counsel, Mr Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, leading Mr Rotimi Oyedepo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Pinheiro listed six grounds upon which the judge granted the prayer, adding that \u201cthe EFCC is a responsible body\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">One of the grounds was that questions resulting in the commencement of the suit had been clarified, and an intention had been shown to return the sum of N19,333,333,333.36 to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Justice Aneke held: \u201cI have listened to the submission of the learned Silk for the application, Mr Kemi Pinheiro SAN vis-a-vis perused the motion to withdraw. My humble opinion is that application is meritorious and ought to be granted<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAccordingly, the application is granted as prayed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Justice Tijjani Ringim had on August 31, granted an ex-parte application brought by the EFCC for an interim forfeiture of the N19, 333, 333, 333.36 billion, said to be warehoused in the State\u2019s account number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Justice Ringim made the order of the interim forfeiture after taking arguments from the EFCC\u2019s counsel, Abbas Muhammed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The judge ruled that the order was pending the conclusion of an investigation or possible prosecution by the EFCC.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":".. 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