A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to freeze bank accounts allegedly owned by the immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave the order on Friday on an ex-parte motion by the ICPC, Igbere TV reports.
The judge ordered that the accounts in Polaris and Zenith banks with funds in United States dollars and the naira, be frozen pending when the affected person showed cause why the freezing order should be vacated.
Justice Taiwo also directed the commission to publish the order within 14 days in a national daily and for the affected parties to show cause why the funds would not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.
