In a property dispute involving real estate developer Mrs. Rebecca Godwin-Isaac, INAHURAT, a civil society group, has requested that the EFCC swiftly execute a court-issued interim forfeiture order. It is a matter of human rights abuse and torture.
Mr. Maxwell Opara, INAHURAT’s lawyer, would make the announcement during a press briefing in Abuja every Wednesday.
In the case marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/151/2026, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the properties in the Guzape and Katampe Districts, Abuja, to be temporarily forfeited to the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The developer was subject to a criminal complaint brought against him by the EFCC for alleged land fraud, and the temporary injunction was granted awaiting the hearing and determination of that allegation before Justice Abdulmalik.
But Opara said that the relevant property at Plot 4022, Guzape District, was still under investigation when the order was issued. The development of Abuja had persisted in flagrant disregard for preexisting legislation.
In order to restore faith in the legal system among the nominal complainant and an elderly widow, Mrs. Colleen Mero Yesufu, he pleaded with the panel to uphold the interim injunction.
There is no way around the court’s order; the EFCC chairman must comply. You are not given the option of which orders to follow or ignore when they are issued.
“Therefore, we are urging the EFCC chairman to take appropriate action to protect the res (subject matter) and stop any additional loss of an asset that is already under judicial supervision,” he stated.