Abuja — December 3, 2025 | Dalena Reporters
Anti-graft operatives from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have come under fresh fire for allegedly storming a disputed property in Mabushi, Abuja just days after a court injunction barred any further interference in the case.
According to videos obtained by DalenaReporters, EFCC agents entered the land in question carrying mattresses and apparently spent nights on the premises. The property belongs to Jona Brothers Construction Ltd., which, along with its director, had on November 11, 2025, secured a judgment from the Federal Capital Territory High Court that dismissed the criminal charges filed by the EFCC.
The court described the EFCC’s previous investigation and prosecution over ownership of plots 680–689, Cadastral Zone B06, Mabushi, as a “gross abuse of statutory powers,” calling the action “malicious, vexatious, and oppressive. In addition to dismissing the case “in limine,” the judge awarded N20 million in punitive damages against the EFCC and issued an explicit pro-non-interference order, restraining the Commission from initiating new charges or interfering further with the land ownership judgment while an earlier ownership ruling stands.
Despite the restraining order formally served on November 28, 2025, EFCC operatives reportedly returned to the site within 24 hours entering the land with armed policemen and other individuals allegedly linked to the original complainant, a businessman named Michael Adeojo.
Lawyers for Jona Brothers condemned the action as “a deliberate subversion of judicial authority,” arguing that the EFCC is undermining Nigeria’s legal system and flouting existing court judgments. “The judges cannot all be wrong,” a source close to the case said. “Even if EFCC disagrees, the proper remedy is appeal not force.
Legal watchers say the incident raises serious concerns about the respect for rule of law by enforcement agencies in Nigeria, highlighting a pattern of resistance to court orders by the EFCC in recent years.
By Dalena Reporters — Legal Affairs Desk