The
Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, has ordered the freezing of all the accounts
of Imo State Government and the confiscation of all monies domiciled in them.
The appellate court equally ordered that the confiscated monies should be used
to offset the sum of N1 billion owed E. F. Network Nigeria Limited and Mr.
Gideon Egbuchulam. Justice It’s G. Mbaba handed down the orders while delivering
judgment in an appeal filed by the Governor of Imo State, the Attorney General
of Imo State, the Environmental Transformation Committee and the Ministry of
Petroleum and Environment, Imo State. The appeal was sequel to the earlier
judgments delivered by Hon. Justice Maryann Anenih of Maitama High Court,
Abuja, and Hon. Justice Ijeoma Agugua, in suit numbers FCT/HC/M/9257/2016 and
HU/538/2011, respectively. The appellants had prayed the Appeal Court to set
aside the earlier judgments, which delivered judgment in favour of the
contracting firm and Mr. Egbuchulam. As at the time of going to press, no
government official was prepared to comment on the judgment.
Source: Vanguard
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