Nigeria, July 22 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to take Abuja-based realtor Rebecca Godwin-Isaac into custody and produce her in court on Thursday for the continuation of her trial over alleged land fraud.

Trial judge Joyce Abdulmalik gave the order after Mrs Godwin-Isaac failed to appear in court for the continuation of the criminal proceedings against her.

At the resumed proceedings, EFCC lawyer, Benedict Ubi, told the court that the defendant was under a "self-imposed house arrest" following an interim forfeiture order issued over a disputed property.

Mr Ubi stated that Mrs Godwin-Isaac was obstructing EFCC officials from executing the court's order and had a...