{"id":57599,"date":"2024-12-03T14:02:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57599"},"modified":"2024-12-03T14:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:02:47","slug":"nigerians-criticize-efcc-for-hiding-owner-of-seized-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/03\/nigerians-criticize-efcc-for-hiding-owner-of-seized-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians Criticize EFCC for Hiding Owner of Seized Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerians on social media have called for greater transparency from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after the agency failed to reveal the identity of the individual behind a large estate in Abuja that was recently forfeited to the government.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie issued a final forfeiture order for the estate located in the Lokogoma District.<\/p>\n<p>The estate spans 150,500 square meters and consists of 753 duplexes and various flats.<\/p>\n<p>However, the EFCC\u2019s announcement only referred to the asset\u2019s former owner as a &#8220;former top brass of government,&#8221; without disclosing their identity.<\/p>\n<p>This lack of transparency has sparked outrage online, with many accusing the EFCC of shielding high-profile individuals from public scrutiny. On X (formerly Twitter), @Aminuyaro questioned, \u201cWhat exactly is \u2018former top brass\u2019? Is withholding his or her name part of the deal? The court\u2019s ruling should be enough to disclose the individual\u2019s identity. Let Nigerians know who is ruining their country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another user, @FemiOguntayo2, criticized the EFCC for what he called selective transparency, saying, \u201cAll this long piece and you can\u2019t even name this suspected criminal\u2026 or just show his or her picture. But if it was an ordinary citizen or suspected Yahoo boy, you would have jailed him and shared his picture on social media. Let us know when you\u2019re really ready to do your job fairly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing debate underscores the public&#8217;s growing demand for accountability in the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Nigerians on social media have called for greater transparency from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after the agency failed to reveal the identity of the individual behind a large estate in Abuja that was recently forfeited to the government. On Monday, Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie issued a final forfeiture order for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":57518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57600,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57599\/revisions\/57600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}