EOCO vs. BOULEVARD GLOBAL LINKS LIMITED, EDWIN EMEKA UGUNZE

RULING The Economic and Organized Crime Office, 2010, Act 804 provides under Section 33 (1) as following: “Where the Executive Director considers that freezing of property is necessary to facilitate an investigation or trial, the Executive Director may in writing direct the freezing of a. The property held by a person or entity other than the person or entity being investigated or b. Special property held by a person or entity other than the person or entity being investigated or tried. 33(2) The Executive Director shall within fourteen days after the freezing of the property apply to court for a confirmation of the freezing.” Under Section 33 (2), the Executive Director of EOCO filed an exparte application to confirm the freezing of the respondents accounts on the 29th November 2012. In paragraph 7 of the affidavit in support for the freezing the respondent deposed as follows: “That on the 18th of October 2012, the 1st respondent’s account received thirty Thousand, ...