October 16, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the interim forfeiture of five designer sunglasses, five luxury wristwatches, and an iPhone 8 taken from Instagram celebrity and Lagos-based socialite, Mompha.
THEWILL recalls that Mompha is being prosecuted by the EFCC alongside Ismalob Global Investment, his firm, at a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos. The socialite is facing a 14-count charge that centres on cyber fraud and money laundering to the tune of N33 billion.
Mompha was arrested on October 19, 2019, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
The anti-graft agency had approached Justice Lewis Allagoa, a judge of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi with an ex-parte application asking for the forfeiture of the items.
The EFCC, in an affidavit by Bot Dachung, stated that the forfeiture was necessary “to prevent the respondents from tampering and/or dissipating the properties” which were suspected to be gains of unlawful activities.
Ruling on the motion on October 13, Allagoa upheld the arguments championed by Chinenye Ugwoke, counsel for the EFCC.
The judge ordered that the order subsists pending the EFCC’s investigation of the respondents in the matter.
The designer glasses include a Dsquared sunglass, Tomford – TF586 sunglass, Cartier – B17C76B sunglass, Montblanc – MB0045S sunglass, and a Louis Vuitton – Z1186E sunglass.
The five luxury watches include a Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Audemars Piguet, Audemars Piguet – J46220, XY Hublot – 1321920, and an XY Hublot- 924206.
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