The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of $20,000 and CFA 110,000 to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Justice Dehinde Dipeolu gave the ruling on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, following a motion on notice filed by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through its counsel, H.U. Kofarnaisa.
The monies were reportedly intercepted by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) at the Seme Border in Badagry, Lagos State, and subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.
Justice Dipeolu had earlier granted an interim forfeiture order on the funds and directed that the order be published in a national newspaper to enable any interested party to show cause why the money should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.
In moving the application for the final forfeiture, Kofarnaisa informed the court that the motion was supported by an 18-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Mufassir Jega, an EFCC investigating officer.
The EFCC counsel further stated that the Commission complied with the court’s directive by publishing the interim forfeiture order in the Daily Trust newspaper on August 29, 2025.
She added that the funds were “reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of unlawful activities.”
After reviewing the application, Justice Dipeolu held that the EFCC had successfully proved its case and granted the final forfeiture of the funds to the Federal Government.
