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The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has fixed November 3, 2017 to hear an appeal filed by the wife of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, against the temporary forfeiture of the sum of $5.9m found in her Skyebank account.

The order of Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for the temporary forfeiture of the money to the Federal Government, followed an exparte application filed by the EFCC.

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