The Federal High Court In Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of a total of N387million found in the bank accounts of four ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, obtained the forfeiture order before Justice Muslim Hassan.
The anti-graft commission told the court that the ex-INEC officials benefitted from the N23bn, allegedly doled out by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, for the purpose of influencing the 2015 presidential election in favour of then incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.
An investigator with the EFCC, Usman Zakari, said in an affidavit that the ex-INEC officials received the money through a non-governmental organisation, West Africa Network of Observers, which they formed to purportedly monitor the 2015 general…
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