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EFCC Behind My Travails, Ekweremadu Alleges, Agency Kicks

The former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of masterminding his travails at the London Court where he has been in custody over alleged organ harvest.

The embattled lawmaker told the Justice Inyang Ekwo-led Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday.

He alleged that a letter written and submitted to the London court by the anti-graft agency is the reason he has been denied bail consecutively.

This was made known by the embattled lawmaker in an application he filed before the Nigerian court seeking an order of the court to set aside interim order granted in favour of the Federal Government for forfeiture of his 40 properties in the country and outside the country.

In the application brought by his counsel and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adegboyega Awomolo, Ekweremadu claimed that the forfeiture order was granted the Federal Government in error, because the EFCC suppressed information and facts in respect of the properties.

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He continued that the 40 properties started as far back as 2008, adding that the EFCC hid some vital information from the government in order to obtain the forfeiture order.

He also alleged that the EFCC was fully aware that he was in detention in London when the application for forfeiture of the properties was filed and argued.

Ekweremadu said that the anti-graft agency deliberately refused to disclose to the court that he was in London detention and would not be able to counter the forfeiture request.

The lawmaker, therefore, prayed the court to set aside the forfeiture order and stay proceedings in the matter until he resolves his ordeal before the London Court.

Reacting, the agency said the allegation by the ex-Deputy Senate President is untrue.

The EFCC argued that the allegations made against it by Ekweremadu showed he was not conversant with the proceedings in the criminal prosecution against him in the London court.

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