Court Grants Final Forfeiture of Two Luxury Cars Belonging to Suspected Fraudster Daniel Onoriede.

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Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has granted the final forfeiture of two cars, a White Bentley Coupe and a Blue Toyota Venza, linked to one German Daniel Onoriede.

Additionally, the judge granted interim forfeiture of the sums of $20,000( Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) and CFA 110,000 as well as a blue Nissan Almera car

Justice Dipeolu granted the forfeitures following a motion ex-parte filed by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos through its counsel, H.U. Kofarnaisa.

Moving the application for the final forfeiture of the cars on Friday, August 1, 2025, Kofarnaisa told the court that the application was supported by an eight-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Bufa Okangbe, an investigating officer of the EFCC.

In the affidavit, Okangbe told the court that “On the 14th day of August 2023, operatives of the Commission carried out a sting operation, where a number of suspected internet fraudsters were apprehended in different apartments within the Ocean Bay Estate, Lekki, Lagos State.

“The operatives visited the apartment of one of the suspects identified as German Daniel Onoriode, who absconded and evaded arrest by operatives of the Commission.”

She further stated that “Two of the suspect’s vehicles, a white Bentley Coupe with chassis number SCBFE63WXCC077771 and a blue Toyota Venza with registration number LS368GY, were recovered by operatives of the Commission in his apartment.