A member of Enugu State House of Assembly representing Igbo-Eze South state constituency, Hon. Harrison Ogara, has called on the Economic and the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to hand over the assets seized from the former governor of the state, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani to the Enugu state government.
The state lawmaker frowned at EFCC’s handover of the assets to Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).
Ogara, a Labour Party lawmaker, in the petition to the chairman of EFCC, stated that if the anti-graft agency did not return the seized assets to the state government within seven days, he would be constrained to take legal action to force compliance.
The lawmaker pointed out that he was inundated by complaints from his constituents as to the incongruity of the handing over of the forfeited assets to AMCON, hence his decision to petition EFCC.
In the letter titled open letter to EFCC Chairman, dated June 2, 2025, Ogara said, “Few days ago, news broke through the EFCC’s social media handles that your commission has handed over some forfeited property belonging to the former governor of Enugu state, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani to Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON).
“These property according to your commission include, one bungalow, one warehouse and three duplexes all located at N0 3/4 Pocket Estate, Independence Layout, Enugu; 12 rooms of one storey semi-detached building located at N0 35B Abakaliki Road, Enugu; one duplex of six rooms, located at N0 3A Mount Street, Park Avenue, Enugu and one duplex of six rooms, located at 3C Mount Street, Park Avenue, Enugu.
“As a representative of the people of Igbo Eze South (part owners of the recovered assets), I have been inundated with several calls as to why your commission should hand over the assets belonging to the government and good people of Enugu state to AMCON.
“Sir, it is on record that on April 2024, your commission handed over 14 property linked to the former governor of the state, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani initially forfeited to the federal government back to the government and people of Enugu state without any information to the House of Assembly till date.
“During that brief ceremony you disclosed that the road to the forfeiture dated back to 2007 when you started the prosecution of the former governor.
“Kindly note also that all the monies seized by EFCC including N400m from Sam Ejiofor’s overhead tank remain unaccounted for till date.
“Again, we are seeing a handover of another set of properties of the people of Enugu state to an unknown body that has no bearing with the assets recovery litigations that had lingered in court for close to two decades.
“Sir, for the mere fact that there was no nexus between the issues arising from the forfeited property in Enugu state linked to ex-governor Nnamani and AMCON, I, on behalf of the good people of Igbo Eze South that I represent, demand that the EFCC return all those property handed over to AMCON to Enugu state within seven days.
“Failure to comply with this demand, I would have no choice than to seek redress before a court of competent jurisdiction and relying on the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act”, he said.