Human rights lawyer cum activist Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has kicked against the federal high court ruling on the interim forfeiture of funds in bank accounts yet to be linked with any BVN.
According to Adegboruwa the forfeiture order is mindboggling and constitutes a serious setback for the Muhammadu Buhari anti-corruption war.
Adegboruwa while speaking on Channels television’s politics today said this BVN thing is a great embarrassment to us Lawyers and people who love this government for the fight against corruption because, indeed, we support every effort to recover our stolen funds.
Following the application filed by the Attorney-general of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, the Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Abuja last week ordered for the interim forfeiture of monies in bank account with no BVN linking.
Adegboruwa who is in the ‘against’ camp of the interim forfeiture believes there is a need to separate public funds from private assets when the decision sparked up debate recently.
According to Adegboruwa, Forfeiture is like punishment and without an offence written down, specified and passed on to the person who is concerned, you cannot take my money; it is my property, it is my vested interest, it is my asset,’.
It is not the duty of the Attorney-general to pursue the case if a customer of a bank fails to comply with the policy of the Central Bank. The human rights lawyer said.
