Ambode In Trouble As Court orders EFCC to freeze 3 Lagos Govt Accounts over N9.9bn fraud

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to freeze three bank accounts said to belong to the Lagos State Government over an alleged fraud of N9.9 billion. The three bank accounts, domiciled in First City Monument Bank, Access Bank, and Zenith Bank, are numbered 5617984012, 0060949275 and 1011691254, respectively. Only about N300million is left in the accounts. Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered the “suspension” of the bank accounts following an ex-parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC had…