Nigeria, April 3 -- The Federal High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has ordered the final forfeiture of a slew of landed properties located in parts of Nasarawa State bordering the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, to the federal government.

The judge, M.O. Olajuwon, ordered the forfeiture, saying the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCc) proved the properties seized from Theophilus Ebonyi, the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, to be proceeds of crime.

EFCC, which arrested Mr Ebonyi in 2023 and subsequently instituted the forfeiture proceedings targeting the alleged proceeds of fraud, said in a statement on Thursday that the court issued the order of permanent forfeiture in a ruling on Wednes...