A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has ordered the final forfeiture of N150 million linked to serving House of Representatives member, Nicholas Mutu, to the Federal Government.
Justice J.O. Abdulmalik delivered the ruling after the court upheld an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Stating that no convincing explanation was provided to show why the money should not be seized by the government.
The EFCC informed the court that its investigation linked the money to alleged corrupt dealings involving Mutu during his time as chairman of the House Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission.
The commission stressed that the lawmaker allegedly received kickbacks running into over N400 million from a consultant working with the NDDC.
The anti-graft agency argued that part of the funds traced during investigations included the N150 million now ordered forfeited.
