EFCC refuses defeat, appeals unfreezing of Ozekhome’s bank account

 Not satisfied with the judgment ordering the
unfreezing of Mike Ozekhome’s N75 million
account, the EFCC has gone to the Court of
Appeal to challenge the ruling.
Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Lagos Federal
High Court issued the order.
The EFCC had on February 7, 2017 got an order
of the court also presided over by Justice Anka
to freeze the money which is in Ozekhome’s
Guaranty Trust Bank account.
The anti-graft agency had claimed that the
N75million was part of the N2.26billion arms
procurement funds, which a former National
Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)
allegedly looted.
However, Ozekhome contended the matter in
the court arguing that the said money was part
of the money Governor Fayose paid his
chamber for the legal services rendered Ruling on the matter on Monday April 3, Justice
Anka held that there was no justification to hold
Ozekhome liable for receiving the money as
legal fee from Fayose because there was no
restriction on Fayose’s account when the
payment was made.
The trial judge based on the above submission
vacated his own order of February 7, in which
he restrained Ozekhome from accessing the
N75million in his account.
EFCC not willing to accept defeat has
approached the Lagos Division of the Court of
Appeal, praying it to reverse Justice Anka’s
ruling.
According to EFCC’s lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo,
Justice Anka erred in law in issuing an order to
unfreeze Ozekhome’s account