ESAI DANGABAR V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

JIMI OLUKAYODE BADA, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the Ruling of the High Court of Justice, Federal Capital Territory Abuja in Motion No: M/11005/2012 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA v. ESAI DANGABAR and 5 OTHERS delivered on the 3rd day of May 2012 upon an Ex-parte application to forfeit the assets of the Appellant to the Federal Government of Nigeria pending the hearing and determination of the Criminal Charges against the Appellant before the High Court of Justice, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Briefly the facts of this case are that on the 29th day of March 2012, the Appellant and 5 other persons were arraigned before the High Court of 11 Justice, Federal Capital Territory Abuja on 16 counts charge for offences of criminal breach of trust punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap 532, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, acceptance of valuable thing without consideration contrary to Section 119 of the Penal Code Act Cap 532…