The order came following a motion ex-parte filed by Rotimi Oyedepo, a prosecutor with the EFCC, pursuant to Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14, 2006
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The EFCC had in an ex parte application sought an interim order of the court to forfeit the money to the Federal Government
Led in evidence by Rotimi Oyedepo, the prosecutor for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Okaranwolu, also revealed the judge’s bank transaction details
The accused are standing trial before Justice Mohammed Aikawa on a five-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N450 million
Justice Muslim Hassan issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking the forfeiture of the money as proceeds of crime
Her application, however, could not be heard because the judge ruled he would first consider a pending application challenging the court’s jurisdiction
The EFCC had on June 21, 2016 placed restrictions on two accounts of Fayose with Zenith Bank in connection with funds traced to a former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dansuki
Justice Muslim Hassan fixed the date after hearing arguments from counsels representing parties in the suit
Dudafa made the claim when he testified in his trial-within-trial at the Federal High Court, Lagos on Monday
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned Fani-Kayode and a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, on a 17-count charge of laundering N4.6 billion
Daniel, who is the third prosecution witness, told the court that he first gave the defendant a telephone forensic form to fill out, following his arrest in February, 2016
The details were revealed before a packed courtroom during the continuation of the evidence-in-chief of her account officer, Ademola Oshodi, a banker with Diamond Bank Plc
In an affidavit filed in support of the application, an EFCC investigator, Moses Awolusi, claimed that the anti-graft agency discovered the fund through its investigations and communication between Alison-Madueke and a former Fidelity Bank Managing Director, Nnamdi Okonkwo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had in August frozen the accounts of the four companies and seized the $15 million in the course of probing Dudafa for money laundering