Court Orders ₦3.4bn Forfeiture Linked to Ex-NNPCL MD
Last update: April 1, 2026
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Court orders final forfeiture of ₦3.4bn and properties linked to Salihu Nuhu Jamari.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of ₦3.4 billion and three properties linked to alleged fraud involving Salihu Nuhu Jamari, a former Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited Gas and Power Investment Company Limited.
CBI News reports that the order followed a motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, argued by its counsel, Martha Babatunde.
The forfeited assets include an uncompleted six-bedroom semi-detached duplex with boys’ quarters in Asokoro, Abuja; a two-bedroom flat in Ikoyi, Lagos; and a restaurant building in Lokogoma, Abuja.
According to the EFCC, the properties were traced to Jamari and identified as proceeds of unlawful activities connected to three major projects awarded by the NNPCL namely the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project, Abuja Independent Power Project, and the Benin Gas Plant Project.
During proceedings, Jamari’s counsel, Maryam Abba, informed the court that her client had filed an affidavit of non-contestation, indicating he would not oppose the forfeiture application.
Babatunde told the court that the EFCC complied with an earlier directive to publish a notice inviting interested parties to challenge the forfeiture, adding that no objections were received.
“We filed a written address as our oral submission in urging this honourable court to grant our application, the motion having been unopposed,” she said.
In his ruling, the trial judge noted the absence of any challenge to the application.
“Consequently, I grant the order for final forfeiture of the properties and the funds attached to the motion to the Federal Government of Nigeria,” the judge ruled.
The EFCC stated that the application was brought under Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud-Related Offences Act, describing the process as a non-conviction-based asset forfeiture.
An EFCC investigator, Abdullahi Aminu, revealed in an affidavit that the case stemmed from a petition alleging conspiracy, bribery, kickbacks, and money laundering involving NNPCL officials and contractors, with Jamari among those implicated.
