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Court Orders Interim Temporary Forfeiture Of N1.1bn Diverted From Kano Govt Account In UBA
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of over N1.1 billion allegedly moved illegally from the Kano State Federation Account domiciled with United Bank for Africa (UBA).
Justice Emeka Nwite made the order after Oluwafunke Bada, counsel to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), moved an ex parte application.
The judge held that the application was meritorious and granted it, directing that the forfeiture order be published in a national daily to allow any interested person to appear and show cause why the funds should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.
The court adjourned the matter to January 21, 2026, for a report of compliance.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2634/2025, lists the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the sum of N1,109,230,000 domiciled in an ICPC recovery account as parties.
The suit was dated December 3 and filed on December 8, 2025, by Z.S. Nass, an Assistant Director at the ICPC.
In an affidavit deposed to by David Nelson, an anti-corruption assistant with the ICPC, the commission said it received a petition dated August 19, 2024, from concerned citizens of Kano State alleging the withdrawal of ?2.3 billion from the state’s federation account in cash for purposes unrelated to government business.
Nelson stated that investigations revealed that on November 9, 2023, the Accountant-General of Kano State, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, authorised the payment of N1.1 billion to two Bureau de Change companies—Namu Na Kune Global Resources Ltd and Kazo Nazo Global Concept.
He said the payments were based on letters of authority purportedly issued by A.Y. Maikifi Oil & Gas Ltd and Ammas Petroleum Company Ltd for the supply of diesel to the Kano State Government.
However, the managing directors of the two companies told the ICPC that the contracts referenced in the letters did not exist and that no diesel or alum was supplied to the state government.
Further investigations allegedly showed that the N1.17 billion paid to the two BDC firms was converted to $1 million in cash and handed to Abdullahi Ibrahim Rogo, the director of protocol, Government House, Kano, at the Kano State Liaison Office in Abuja.
Rogo reportedly admitted collecting the money in a statement to the ICPC.
The commission said it recovered N1,109,230,000 from the funds in two tranches on February 27 and March 21, adding that the interim forfeiture was necessary to preserve the funds pending further proceedings.
(NAN).
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