After
no one came forward to claim the sum of $43,449,947, $27,800 and N23, 218,000
recovered from flat 7B of No. 16 Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, by the EFCC, Justice Musliu Hassan of a Federal High Court
in Lagos on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, ordered the permanent forfeiture of the money
to the Federal Government. The EFCC had on April 11, recovered the money
stashed in Ghana must go bags. However,
the mystery deepens portraying Nigeria as a country of paradox. Where there is crystal clear evidence involving very important personalities, the nation’s security apparatus suddenly develops cold feet preferring instead to look the other way. The
Osborne road affair is clear: the owner of Flat 7B is the owner of the
recovered loots!
Appointed since 1 st April, 2015 till date, Prof. Adepoju Adeshola Olatunde, Director-General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has left no room to chance. The Ph.D holder in Agricultural and Environmental Economics (2002) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State has taken extra-ordinary steps to see the Forestry Institute to the next level of existence. One of such steps is the repositioning of FRIN outstation for better research focus. Others include renovation of dilapidated structures, repositioning of staff members for optimum performance, reclaiming/security all encroached land and resources of the Institute, successfully enacting on Act to Establish Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria for Forestry Research; Education and Training; establishing Six strategic Rural Resource Centers for communities engagement, capacity building and extension services. Prof. Adepoju who also holds B.Agric (Agricultural Economics), 1995 ...
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