A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the permanent forfeiture of some assets linked to the suspended Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita.
Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo-Giwa made the order of final forfeiture of the monetary assets to the Federal Government at the resumed hearing the case against Oyo-Ita by the EFCC.
Counsel to the EFCC lawyer, Mohammed Abubakar, says the funds were voluntarily returned to the commission as proceeds of crime by an associate of Mrs Oyo-Ita.
He also reminded the court that it had on June 28, 2019, granted an ex parte application ordering the interim forfeiture of the assets.
Abubakar further told the court that as at Thursday 26th of August, no one had come out to challenge the interim court order on asset forfeiture despite the fact that it had been served on the suspect.
Oyo-Ita who is allaegdly involved in an N3 billion alleged contract scam, is also being investigated over alleged abuse of duty tour allowance, money laundering and alleged theft of government funds.
The embattled former Head of Service was placed on indefinite suspension earlier this month by the federal government to allow a proper investigation by relevant agencies.
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