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UMEZULIKE
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CHAIRMAN, EFCC

(2017) JELR 37394 (CA)

Court of Appeal 7 Dec 2017 Nigeria
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- The Appellant challenged the Federal High Court’s ex parte interim order (23/2/2017) freezing his account with Zenith Bank, on the ground that the funds were proceeds from a legitimate book launch, not from illegal activities. - The lower

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Suit Number:CA/E/556/2017
Judges:HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU JCA IGNATIUS IGWE AGUBE JCA RITA NOSAKHARE PEMU JCA
Counsel:Prof Agu G. Agu with him, G. Oforma-Agbo For Appellant Wahab Shittu For Respondent

HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court sitting at Enugu presided over by His Lordship, Hon. Justice A. M. Liman in Suit No. FHC/EN/CS/25/2017 which was delivered on 2/6/2017. The ruling arose from an application on notice dated 10/3/2017 seeking for the lower Courts Order to set aside, vacate or quash the ex parte order of that Court made on 23/2/2017, wherein the Appellant's account with Zenith Bank Plc. was temporarily frozen, seized and forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria pending conclusion of investigation relating to abuse of office and receiving of gratification for a period of 60 days when same shall be charged.

The lower Court on 23/2/2017 had given the following order on page 14 of the record:

1. That an order is granted that the Bank account of the persons referred to as the account holder and/or on the bank account set out in the schedule herein be temporarily frozen, seiz…

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