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Nigerian judge, Margaret Igbeta, who retired as president of the Benue state
Customary Court of Appeal, opened an account 11 years ago at Ecobank, in the
name of her maid and saved N870million($2.4million) during the period.
Her
bulging bank account understandably drew the attention of the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), which has
rushed to the Federal High Court in Abuja for the interim forfeiture of N840
million left in the account.
Igbeta
is being accused by ICPC investigators of opening an account in the name of her
housemaid, Theodora Atsu on the 5th of March, 2008, with an initial deposit of
N8 million.
Mrs.
Rasheedat A. Okoduwa, spokesman of the commission said Monday night: “The
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has
requested a Federal High Court, Abuja, to order the interim forfeiture of N840
million traced to a retired President of the Benue State Customary Court of
Appeal, Mrs. Margaret Igbeta.
“ICPC
noted that the request for the interim forfeiture is pursuant to Section 48
(1), (2) and (3) (a) and (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Act, 2000 and Section 6 (6)(a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, as amended.
“The
retired President of the Customary Court of Appeal was accused of operating a
proxy fixed deposit account in the name of her maid, one Theodora Atsu, with
Ecobank Plc, where she accumulated N870, 321, 492.15 between 2008 and 2019.
“She
was said to have opened the account with her passport and the name of Atsu on
the 5th of March, 2008, with an initial deposit of N8 million.
“She
subsequently made several other huge deposits including N123, 745, 925.57 and
N5 million, in the months of March and May, 2008.
“It
was also noted by the Commission that the money was far above her legitimate
earnings both as a judge and President of the Customary Court of Appeal within
the period that the account was operated and would have used to meet the infrastructural
needs of the citizens and development of the nation.
“ICPC
therefore prayed the court to grant the order in the interest of the nation.”
COPIED from PM NEWS.
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