The Supreme Court’s decision comes about 19 months after the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the final forfeiture of a vast estate comprising 753 housing units in the FCT recovered from Mr Emefiele.

The judge said Malami had failed to show that the properties were acquired through lawful means.

The judge, ruling on Mr Malami and others' objection to EFCC's request for an order of final fofeiture, held that the issue before the court was not "who owns the property, but…