The final forfeiture of $4.7 million, N830 million, and other assets connected to the troubled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, was ordered by the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday.
After the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, filed a forfeiture request, Justice Yellim Bogoro rendered the decision.
The money was held in First Bank, Titan Bank, and Zenith Bank accounts run by people and organizations like Omoile Anita Joy, Deep Blue Energy Service Limited, Exactquote Bureau De Change Ltd, Lipam Investment Services Limited, Tatler Services Limited, Rosajul Global Resources Ltd, and TIL Communication Nigeria Ltd, according to EFCC counsel Bilkisu Buhari-Bala. The money has since been forfeited to the federal government.