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Court orders final forfeiture of ex-Governor Yari’s money in naira, dollars kept in banks Court orders final forfeiture of ex-Governor Yari’s money in naira, dollars kept in banks Share The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari’s funds domiciled in Zenith and Polaris Banks. The funds include $56,056.75 in Polaris Bank; N12.9 million, N11.2 million, $301,319.99; N217,388.04 and $311,872.15 in different Zenith Bank accounts in the name of Yari and his companies. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, held that the former governor had not shown good cause why the order sought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) should not be granted. ....
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the final forfeiture of over N284 million linked to a former governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari, to the Federal Government. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had arraigned Yari and two companies – Kayatawa Nigeria Limited and B.T. Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited for allegedly taking the money from Zamfara State treasury. The commission alleged that the funds – $687,874.81 and N24, 289,522.89 – were lodged in accounts domiciled in Zenith Bank Plc and Polaris Bank. At Tuesday’s proceeding, the ex-governor’s lawyer, U.Kelechi, argued that his client was rich before he assumed office in May 2011. ....
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA-The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of about a N700million linked to former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, to the Federal Government. The forfeiture order followed an application that was brought before the court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC. ICPC had alleged that the former governor kept the funds in two accounts in two new generation banks, using his companies – Kayatawa Nigeria Limited and B.T. Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited. The Commission alleged that the money was siphoned from Zamfara State treasury. ....
Friday Olokor, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered a final forfeiture of about N284, 306, 294.04 linked to a former governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari, to the Federal Government. The money was said to have been lodged with Zenith Bank Plc and Polaris Bank. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the FHC who gave the final forfeiture order said that Yari could not show how he made the huge sum of monies while or before serving as governor of the state (between May 29, 2011, and May 29, 2019). Yari and two companies belonging to him (Kayatawa Nig. Ltd and B.T. Oil and Gas Nig. Ltd) were indicted for alleged fraud and were dragged to the court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission. ....