ICPC asks court to seize N840m in retired female judge’s account

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has filed an application before a Federal High Court in Abuja for the interim forfeiture of N840million in a retired female judge’s account.

She has been accused 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.But by the time ICPC investigators stepped in, about N840million was left in the account. “ICPC noted that the request for the interim forfeiture is pursuant to Section 48 , and and of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and Section 6 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.

“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.

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