Court Orders Forfeiture Of Ex-JTF Commander, Atewe's Properties Linked To N8.5bn Fraud

Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Lagos on March 26, 2020, ordered the interim forfeiture of N293 million, six parcels of land and 30,000 MTN shares recovered from Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Atewe (Retd), a former Commander of the Military Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield, in the Niger Delta. .Atewe is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC via IFTTT