The Federal High Court earlier today ordered the freezing of three bank accounts said to belong to the Lagos State Government over an alleged fraud of N9.9bn.
According to The Punch reporter, Oladimeji Ramon, The three bank accounts, domiciled in First City Monument Bank, Access Bank, and Zenith Bank, are numbered 5617984012, 0060949275 and 1011691254, respectively.
The judge presiding over the case, Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Lagos State Federal High Court ordered the “suspension” of the bank accounts following an ex parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The EFCC had requested the judge to freeze the accounts pending the conclusion of the investigation and possible prosecution of the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Lagos State, Adewale Adesanya, for money laundering.
In an affidavit filed in support of the ex parte application, a member of the EFCC investigating team, Kungmi Daniel, said the commission discovered “a huge inflow of N9,9billion” from the state accounts into an FCMB bank account opened on September 17, 2018 during the administration of former governor Akinwunmi Ambode and operated by Adesanya.
Further investigations are ongoing.
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