Court dismisses ICPC’s suit against N941. 9m for being unjusticeable, incompetent

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court successful Abuja has dismissed a suit brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, against N941, 994, 079 for reasons of forfeiture of the wealth to the national government.

The aggravated Judge threw distant the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/156/2026 successful FRN Vs N941, 994, 079 connected crushed of being grossly incompetent and non justiceable.

ICPC had done its counsel, Mr Hamza Sani sought to determination an ex-parte exertion praying for forfeiture of the immense sum to the national government, having been allegedly recovered to beryllium proceed of unlawful transaction successful a slope account.

As the lawsuit was called and ICPC done its lawyer announced quality arsenic the applicant connected behalf of the national government, Justice Nyako who was piqued by the improvement challenged the lawyer connected the competence of the suit.

As the ICPC counsel was struggling to get an answer, the Judge further challenged him to explicate to the tribunal whether the suit against an mean wealth was justiceable.

In the play that ensued, the Judge ordered the lawyer to spell to ICPC’s counterpart, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to larn however to sofa forfeiture suit earlier a tribunal of record.

While faulting ICPC’s adopted procedures successful the incompetent ways and manners the instant suit was couched, the Judge lectured the lawyer that specified ex-parte applicati...