The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria on Thursday morning sealed the Abuja premises of Silverbird Galleria belonging to Senator Ben Murray Bruce.
The Galleria currently houses the Abuja studio of the Radio and Television stations of the senator as well as his other business interests.
Apart from Bruce’s companies, the seven-storey building also houses other business interest such as Shoprite, United Bank for Africa, Standard Chartered Bank, Mango boutique, and Etisalat office among others.
The building was sealed by AMCON through the assistance of law enforcement agencies around 8am following a court order secured by AMCON.
Conspicuously written on the fence of the building as well as other strategic locations was an enforcement notice by AMCON which says, “Possession taken by court order 26/06/16.”
AMCON also pasted a copy of the court order that gave it the right to seal the properties.
The court order pasted on the walls of the property was signed by the Registrar, Federal High Court Lagos, Mr Rasaq Sule.
The court order mentioned Ben Murray-Bruce, Guy Murray-Bruce, Micheal Murray-Bruce, Roy Murray-Bruce and Jonathan Murray-Bruce as defendants in the suit.
It stated that AMCON had bought the indebtedness as an eligible bank asset from Union Bank of Nigeria.
It was gathered that the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos was also sealed with workers being denied entry into the galleria, which also houses Silverbird Television and Silverbird Cinema.