Corruption: Dasuki, Diezani, Shema, Fayose’s houses top list of assets seized by EFCC

Former governors, ex-ministers, top military officers and businessmen
are among owners of the mansions seized by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Leading the pack is a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs.
Diezani Alison-Madueke, who has forfeited some prized assets.

Lost to the Federal Government by the ex-Minister are a multi-storey
building in Banana Island Foreshore Estate in Ikoyi, Lagos, a real
estate comprising six flats in Ikoyi and an estate of 21 mixed housing
in Yaba, Lagos, the Nation reports.

Many properties allegedly linked with Diezani have also been placed
under interim forfeiture by the anti-graft commission. Also, the EFCC
has secured the final seizure of Flat 7B at Osborne Towers in Ikoyi,
Lagos where $43.45 million cash was recovered. The embattled former
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, has two properties in
Kaduna and Abuja temporarily forfeited to the government.

Also, a former Managing Director of PPMC, Haruna Momoh, who is
overseas, loses two mansions in posh Maitama District to temporary
forfeiture order.

Some ex-governors and former ministers whose assets have been placed
under interim forfeiture are Ibrahim Shema(20); Ayodele Fayose
(three); Babangida Aliyu (two); Bello Mohammed (ex-PDP National
chairman) – one; Iyorchia Ayu (one); Isa Yuguda(one) and Abba
Moro(one).

Others are ex-Managing Director of Platinum Multi-purpose Cooperative
Society Limited Mr. Michael Osasogie Obasuyi, who bought 134 buses, 20
houses with N11.4billion slush cash.

According to the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, about 407
mansions were seized by the agency from 2015 to 2018.

He said: "Hundreds of properties such as filling stations, petroleum
products, land, jewellery, automobiles, real estate, vessels,
hospitals, company shares and heavy machinery and broadcast equipment,
have been seized from corrupt elements between 2015 and 2018.

"From 2015 to 2018, 407 mansions were seized, 126 have been forfeited
finally and 281 are under interim forfeiture."