Justice Inyang Ekwo had, while vacating the order, said the court discovered that it was fraudulently obtained by EFCC.
A statement by the National President of the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Okwu Nnabuike, stated that the latest order of the court was a vindication of its earlier stance that EFCC was carrying out a vendetta on Ekweremadu merely because he is an Igbo man.
Okwu said: “How else can one explain a situation where the same EFCC that wrote the United Kingdom (UK) court against the release of Ekweremadu, sneaked into a Federal High Court in Nigeria and asked the lawmaker to show why his properties should not be forfeited.
“It was the height of wickedness and rascality by an agency of government. This is why we commend the Judge for toeing the path of justice. The judgement has put to rest the hatchet job done by EFCC against Ekweremadu, whose only sin is that he is an Igbo man.
“The EFCC should right now be hiding its face in shame for initiating such a process, which was not only illegal, but against natural justice.
“We expect that for the EFCC to purge itself of that shame, it should withdraw the letter to the UK court.”
