PDP Governorship Candidate in Doom As Court Order Forfeiture of His Property to FG

PDP Governorship Candidate in Doom As Court Order Forfeiture of His Property to FG

  • The PDP governorship candidate in Niger state, Liman Kantigi, has been ordered to forfeit his property at House No. 10, Kinshasa Street, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, to the federal government
  • Chado-Kantigi, in an appeal, claimed ownership of the property which was linked to the PDP governorship candidate, Liman Kantigi.
  • But the court of appeal sitting in Abuja dismissed the appeal and order the PDP stalwart to forfeit the property to the federal government permanently

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FCT, Abuja - A court of appeal in Abuja has ordered that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger state, Liman Kantigi, permanently forfeit some of his properties to the federal government.

The development was confirmed in a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a statement on Thursday, November 3, Daily Nigerian reported.

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The anti-graft agency said the order was issued after an appeal was filed by Baba Chado-Kantigi, who claimed ownership of house No. 10, Kinshasa Street, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja.

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Chado-Kantigi, in the appeal, claimed ownership of the property which was linked to the PDP governorship candidate, Liman Kantigi.

Kantigi was an ex-Niger state commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs under the administration of former governor Babangida Aliyu.

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Justice Bature Gafar in his judgment, while delivering his judgment, dismissed the appeal and ordered that the property be permanently forfeited to the federal government.

The statement reads in part:

“The EFCC, had, sometime in 2017, confiscated some properties linked to Kantigi based on intelligence linking him with money laundering and fraudulent acquisition of assets.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that a federal high court in Abuja had ordered the interim forfeiture of 40 properties belonging to the former senate president, Ike Ekweremadu.

Justice Inyang Ekwo, in his judgment, also ordered that the EFCC should publish the properties in any Nigerian daily within 7 days that the order was issued.

The court also ordered that any member of the public interested in the properties should indicate their interest within 14 days of publication and tell the court why the properties should not be permanently forfeited,

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop, Journalism AI Discovery. He previously worked as Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng