Activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has called out the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for hiding the identity of the top government official who owns a property which spans 150,500 square meters and comprises 753 units of duplexes and various other apartments, marking it as the largest single asset recovered by the agency since its establishment in 2003.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that reported that the spokesperson for the anti-corruption agency, Dele Oyewale, in a statement to newsmen on Monday, December 2nd, disclosed that the individual forfeited the property, although his identity was not mentioned, but Oyewale said it belonged to a “former top brass of the government”.
“The road to the final forfeiture of the property was paved by an interim forfeiture order, secured before the same Judge on November 1, 2024,” he said.
“The government official which fraudulently built the estate is being investigated by the EFCC. The forfeiture of the asset is an important modality of depriving the suspect of the proceeds of the crime.
“In this instance, the Commission relied on Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud And Other Fraud Related Offences Act No 14, 2006 and Section 44 (2) B of the Constitution of the 199 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to push its case.
“The Establishment Act of the Commission places huge emphasis on asset recovery.”
Reacting, Sowore, via his verified Facebook page, slammed the anti-graft agency for hiding the identity of the property owner, but yet parade easily suspects who are Yahoo boys.
He added that the EFCC is currently afraid of ‘big’ thieves.
He wrote, “What is the name of the “former top brass” with 753 duplexes seized by the EFCC in Abuja?
“The @officialEFCC is now doing PR for thieves. They seized this large estate with 753 duplexes from a single individual in Abuja but can’t mention his or her name.
“If it is Yahoo boys, they will line laptops and Nokia phones in front of them and send their photos globally even before their trial is commenced. The same EFCC is now AFRAID of BIG Thieves!”