Court grants ICPC’s request to take over lands approved for Goodluck Jonathan Estate

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted an application by the ICPC to temporarily take over the expansive land approved for the Goodluck Jonathan Legacy Model Housing Estate.

Justice Mohammed Umar granted the application after ICPC’s lawyer, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, moved a motion ex parte to the effect.

Justice Umar held that the interim forfeiture of the multi-billion naira assets approved by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) shall be pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the anti-corruption agency, in the motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1124/2025, listed FMBN as sole respondent.

The commission sought an order “temporarily forfeiting Plot No. 5 in Cadastral Zone D12, Kaba District, Abuja, measuring approximately 122015.80m2 and valued at N1,944,375,000.00 (One Billion, Nine Hundred Forty-Four Million, Three Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand Naira).”

It also sought an order temporarily forfeiting Plot No. 4 in Cadastral Zone D12, Kaba District, Abuja, measuring approximately 157198.30m2 and valued at N3,340,500,000.00 (Three Billion, Three Hundred Forty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira).”