Court orders interim forfeiture of hotel over drug trafficking

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The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of Rockford Hotel, located at 1 Feyisetan Street, Abule Iroko, Sango, Ogun State, on the grounds that it is suspected to be proceeds of drug trafficking.

The order covers the hotel and all its appurtenances.

Justice Daniel Osiagor issued the interim order on Tuesday, after granting an ex parte application filed and argued by the commander of Narcotics and Head of the Prosecution/Legal Services Unit of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Strategic Command of the National Drug and Law Enforcement Agency, Ibrahim Abu.

In the suit marked FHC/L/MISC/1343/2025, NDLEA listed the hotel’s owner, Adekanbi Ayinde, as the sole respondent. Punch