The application followed the agency’s discovery of a large consignment of codeine-containing cough syrup at the property during a raid on August 7, 2026.
Orji allegedly fled before NDLEA operatives arrived and has remained at large.
The agency said its operatives recovered 37,760 kilogrammes of codeine-containing cough syrup during the operation.
After the discovery, the NDLEA obtained an interim forfeiture order against the property on September 3, 2026.
The court also directed the agency to publish the order in a national newspaper, notifying interested parties and giving anyone claiming an interest in the property an opportunity to contest the forfeiture.
Moving the application for final forfeiture on Wednesday, Abdullahi told the court that the agency had complied with the publication directive on Friday, September 11, 2026.
The prosecutor added that investigations had established Orji’s ownership of the property through documents obtained from its previous owner, Barrister Bosun Kenneth Fabiyi.
According to the NDLEA, Fabiyi confirmed to investigators that he had sold the property to Orji and provided a copy of the executed Deed of Assignment, along with receipts and other evidence showing that the buyer had made payments through his personal bank account.
Abdullahi also claimed that the Deed of Assignment and available evidence of payment were attached to the agency’s affidavit in support of the application as Exhibits NDLEA 1 and NDLEA 2.
He argued that the documents and investigations established Orji as the purchaser and beneficial owner of the property.
The agency also told the court that, since the property was sealed on August 7, 2026, Orji had neither appeared to explain the circumstances surrounding the property and the recovered drugs nor taken part in the ongoing investigation.
It further said that, despite publication of the interim forfeiture order, no one else had come forward to claim ownership of the property or establish a competing interest in it.
The NDLEA also disclosed that its investigations had linked Orji to other major drug seizures in the Ago Palace, Okota area.
It said that between April 15 and 17, 2026, operatives recovered approximately 190.9 tonnes of codeine-containing cough syrup and one tonne of tramadol from two rented warehouses in the area.
The agency said its investigations linked the seizures to Orji, adding that he remained on its wanted list and that efforts to arrest and prosecute him under the law were ongoing.
Abdullahi urged the court to grant the application, arguing that the agency had met the requirements for final forfeiture of the property.
After considering the application and supporting documents, and noting that no interested party had filed an objection, Justice Aluko ordered the property’s final forfeiture to the federal government.
