The {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) has handed over a number of properties forfeited by Rainbownet Nigeria Restricted, an organization allegedly owned by former Enugu State governor Chimaroke Nnamani, to the Asset Administration Company of Nigeria (AMCON) in Enugu State.
The affected properties, tied to alleged proceeds of crime, embrace duplexes, in response to a press release by the EFCC on Saturday.
“The properties are: one bungalow, one wire home, and three duplexes, all situated at No. 3/4 Pocket Property, Independence Format, Enugu; 12 rooms of a one-storey semi-detached constructing situated at No. 35B Abakaliki Highway, Enugu; one duplex of six rooms situated at No. 3A Mount Avenue, Park Avenue, Enugu; and one duplex of six rooms situated at No. 3C Mount Avenue, Park Avenue, Enugu State”, the assertion partly reads.
Talking through the handover ceremony, the Govt Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, who was represented by the Performing Zonal Director, Enugu Zonal Directorate, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE I Aisha Abubakar, burdened that the Fee stays dedicated to ridding the nation of {economic} and {financial} crimes by being diligent in its investigations and prosecutions.
“You’ll all the time have our cooperation. I do know we’ve all the time labored collectively, and we’ve a Division of Proceeds of Crime Administration that’s thriving. By working collectively, we acquired this carried out, and the second we had been knowledgeable that you just had been able to take over, we rapidly made the properties accessible and had the ultimate verify on them this morning. Based mostly on that, we’ve directions from the Govt Chairman at hand over these properties to you,” he mentioned.
Recall that the EFCC had, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, handed over 14 properties initially forfeited to the Federal Authorities and now ceded to the federal government and other people of Enugu State.
The 4 corporations are Rainbownet Nigeria Restricted, Cosmos FM, Capital Metropolis Car Nigeria Restricted, and Renaissance College Educating Hospital.
The businesses, by way of their handlers, had pleaded responsible to a 10-count amended cost introduced towards them by the EFCC on Could 19, 2015.
Nnamani was first arraigned earlier than Justice Tijani Abubakar in 2007 over alleged N5 billion cash laundering, in response to the EFCC assertion.
In line with the cost, Nnamani was accused of conspiring with different accused individuals to launder funds from the state treasury, particularly monies meant for the native authorities areas of Enugu State.
