Ex-Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke seeks to amend suit challenging EFCC’s final forteiture order 

 

 

 

Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum, has sought to amend her suit challenging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s order for final forfeiture of her seized assets before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

 

At the court session on Thursday, Justice Ekwo asked her counsel if he had received processes from the anti-graft agency and he responded in the affirmative.

 

The lawyer, however, informed the court that they had filed a motion to amend their processes and that the commission had been duly served.

 

Justice Ekwo subsequently adjourned the matter until February 17, 2025, for hearing the motion to amend their originating process.

 

The ex-minister had sought an order extending the time to seek leave to apply to the court for an order to set aside the EFCC’s public notice issued to conduct a public sale on her property.

 

She said she was not given a fair hearing in all the proceedings leading to the orders on the sale of her property.

 

The EFCC, however, said most of the depositions in Mrs Alison-Madueke’s suit were untrue.

 

However, court records reveal that the cases resulting in the final forteiture of the disputed property were heard different times and determined by the court