The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) yesterday said it has secured the final forfeiture of $919,202.07 fraudulently kept in an interest yielding bank account by some staff of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt.
The Commission, in a statement that was signed by its Spokesperson, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, said it recovered the money from three respondents that included the Chief Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the High Court, as well from a branch of a bank in Port Harcourt.
“In the course of investigating a petition written against some officials of the court for alleged violation of ICPC Act 2000, the Commission’s special investigation team uncovered the money, being the sum of confiscated, value and sold vessel hidden in a bank account.
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on Thursday, said it has secured the final forfeiture of $919,202.07 fraudulently kept in an interest yielding bank account by some staff of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt.
The Commission, in a statement that was signed by its Spokesperson, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, said it recovered the money from three Respondents that included the Chief Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the High Court, as well from a branch of a bank (name withheld) in Port Harcourt.
“In the course of investigating a petition written against some officials of the court for alleged violation of ICPC Act 2000, the Commission’s special investigation team uncovered the money, being the sum of confiscated, value and sold vessel hidden in a bank account.
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The sum of $919,202.07 (N348,379,453 at official exchange rate of N379) has been permanently forfeited to the Federal Government by the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt.
The money was fraudulently kept in an interest yielding bank account set up since 2014 by some staff of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had accused the Chief Registrar, the Deputy Registrar of the court, and the Station Road, Port-Harcourt Branch of Union Bank of Nigeria of conspiring to hide the loot.
The money was discovered after the ICPC received a petition against some officials of the court for alleged violation of ICPC Act 2000.