The Federal Government has located and commenced moves to seize two mansions allegedly belonging to the Amosu and a former Chief of Accounts in the Nigerian Air Force, Jacob Adigun.
The EFCC had traced the two mansions in the highbrow areas of London to Amosu and Adigun.
An impeccable source told Punch that Amosu and Adigun, who are due to be arraigned for alleged N21bn fraud, purchased the houses in 2014.
“We identified a detached house at 93b Shirehall Park, London, NW42QU, belonging to Adigun. The house was bought at the cost of £875,000 (N333,375,000) while we traced another house to 50 Tenterden Grove, NW41TH, belonging to Amosu. The house was bought at over £1m (N381m),” the source added.
However, the value of the houses had increased. A check by Punch on Zoopla, which real estate agents use in valuing properties in the UK, showed that both properties were bought in August 2014.
According to the site, the property which Adigun allegedly bought in August 2014 at the cost of £875,000 currently goes for £1,046,000 (N398.5m).
It adds that Amosu’s property, which it said was purchased in November 2014 at £1,850,000, (and not £1m as suspected) is now worth £2,175,000 (N828.6m).
According to the site, Amosu’s property has six bedrooms, six bathrooms and two sitting rooms.
A source at the EFCC disclosed that the Federal Government, through the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, would write to the government of the United Kingdom to assist in seizing the properties, which were bought with Nigerian taxpayers’ money.
He said, “What we are seeking is how to seize the properties through diplomatic means. It is a process known as Mutual Legal Treaty Assistance.”
Sadly, according to the UK media, several mansions in the country are owned by corrupt Nigerians
