While
the dust raised over the money traced to Patience Jonathan's bank
accounts still lingers, a group has spoken out about how the ex first
lady made her money.
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Patience Jonathan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has been slammed
by Ijaw youths over alleged deliberate witch-hunt against former
President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience.
According to Vanguard, the youths under the auspices of Ijaw Youth
Council (IYC) worldwide said it was unfortunate that the EFCC failed to
learn from the fallout of the way it handled the case of Tompolo.
President of the IYC, Engr. Udengs Eradiri said the commission’s
indiscreet media trial of Tompolo led to the crisis in the Niger Delta
that plunged the country into the current economic recession.
His words, “I thought the EFCC by now would have begin to face
squarely its jobs of fighting corruption instead of the media charade
that is their usual modus operandi.
“They have not learned from the Tompolo incident instead of
focusing on facts and doing their job following due process they quickly
went to the media and that incident has led this country to where we
are today.”
He also described as “unacceptable and illegal” to place the former first family on media trial without following due process.
Dame Patience, he said like most former First Ladies made her money
from gifts and gratifications adding that there was no law against such
gestures.
“First Ladies in Nigeria do not do any work. A woman naturally
attracts a lot of gifts from men let alone a First Lady who has the
power to recommend you for something.
“They receive a lot of thank you and gratifications because
most cases they recommend people who come back to thank them. Even when
they do not recommend, people go and say good morning with a million
dollar. It did not start with Patience Jonathan.
“We know how influential the former First Lady of this country
and other First Ladies were. We know how powerful, rich and wealthy they
are and the property they acquired as a result of gratification.
“If you say Patience should show how she made her money, you
must start with all the First Ladies, otherwise, it is a witch-hunt.
Patience Jonathan got her wealth from thank you and there is nowhere in
the law that says we should not receive thank you.
“So, EFCC should stop this nonsense. If you have issues, go and
follow the due process and don’t begin to use the media to tarnish the
image of the former first family,” he said.
The former first family, he said, deserved respect adding that the
youths would not tolerate further attacks and insults on Jonathan’s
family.
He said despite the humiliation Jonathan suffered from the wife of
late former President Musa Yar’Adua, he never harassed the late
President’s family when assumed the leadership of the country.
“Jonathan should be respected in Nigeria. You heard what
happened during the time of late President Yar’Adua, Jonathan did not
witch-hunt that family irrespective of the humiliation he suffered
despite the position of the law.
“This is a witch-hunt and the EFCC must stop this attitude
because very soon, people will begin to resist them. Nigerians will get
to the point where they will no longer accept it.
“We support the fight against corruption. All of us know that
corruption has eaten deep into our fabric, but this selective fight
especially geared towards the region must not be allowed”, Eradir said.
He lamented that despite the corruption traced to the former late
Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha and his family, the government still
approved a university for his wife.
“It is in this country that they talked about Abacha’s loot,
yet a university had been approved for Abacha’s wife. In this same
country where they said Abacha was corrupt. So, why are you treating one
former first family differently and then everybody wants to humiliate
Jonathan’s family in the best of their ability.
“The former First Lady, Patience, has no question to answer..
The EFCC is destroying Buhari’s anti-graft policy because when your
anti-graft is beginning to show it is one-sided, it will lose
credibility,” he said.
The IYC boss further asked the EFCC to go return about N23bn,
$100million and other assets it seized from the former Governor of the
state, late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
He wondered what the EFCC was still doing with the money when Bayelsa and other states were facing financial difficulties.
“Bayelsa State funds are in their hands, they have not returned
it. Why are they keeping the funds? Are they meant to keep funds that
they recovered. Why is the money not being paid into TSA of they believe
they are proceeds of corruption.”
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