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Details: Things Worsen For Bidemi Rufai, Gov’s Aide In Detention For Fraud
He has been in the custody of the government since his arrest on May 14, 2021
Things are getting worse for Bidemi Rufai, the governor’s aide in detention for fraud.
Rufai who was suspended by Governor Dapo Abiodun when his fraud case broke out is in custody in the United States of America.
He has been in the custody of the government since his arrest on May 14, 2021, at the John F Kennedy International Airport, New York over $350,000 fraud.
Rufai has been in United States government custody since his arrest on May 14, 2021, at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York.
He was charged with defrauding the Washington State Employment Security Department for over $350,000.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of funds and properties traced to the embattled political aide in Nigeria as part of an investigation into the case against him.
The order given by Justice Tijani Ringim based on an ex parte motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The EFCC made the move in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to prevent the “disappearance” of the funds and properties.
The temporarily forfeited funds linked t to embattled Rufai include House 11, Omodayo Awotuga Street, Bera Estate, Chevy View in Lekki, and funds in his accounts with two new generation banks.
Rufai is alleged to have moved N29.37million in tranches of N5,000,000, N5,000,000, N2,730,000, N1,100,000, N2,040,000, N2,000,000, N2,000,000 and N5,000,000 in banks before the order.
It is believed that this “suspicious” movement of funds spurred the EFFC to secure the forfeiture order against properties linked to him.
