Hassan, who changed into a DFA within the ministry between 2016 and 2019, allegedly built the university through fraudulent means.
Physical assets of the university forfeited encompass the Senate building, ICT building, Faculty of Medicine building, Science Deanery building, two Academic buildings, a Faculty Hall, and other buildings.
Some other properties traced to Hassan which were also forfeited within the interim are the Gwasmyen Water Manufacturing plant, Gwasmyen Event Center, and Gwasmyen International Hotel in Kaduna.
The trial judge, Justice Zainab Abubakar, gave the temporary forfeiture order whilst ruling on the movement ex-parte brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
Counsel to the EFCC, Ekele Iheanacho, told the court that the anti-graft agency sought the order “pursuant to Section 44(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14, 2006 and under the inherent jurisdiction of the Honorable Court”.
The Commission through her investigative Officer, Adaora Asabe Oragudosi, investigated some verified intelligence bordering on criminal conspiracy, stealing, abuse of office and money laundering against some staff of the Federal Ministry of Health where the properties ordered forfeited were traced to the defendant.
In the ruling, the court directed that the interim forfeiture order be published in the National dailies, alerting anyone with interest in the properties to show cause, within 14 days, why it should not be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Justice Abubakar adjourned the case till October 5, 2022, for mention of the matter.
