The
battle between the EFCC and Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of the former
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is getting more intense as she has
given the agency 14 days to defreeze her accounts.
Mrs. Patience Jonathan
Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of the former President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan through her solicitor, First Law Associates, has given the
Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, 14 days with effect from
September 18 to defreeze her accounts and tender a public apology to
her.
This was made public by the Senior Partner, First Law Associates,
Timipa Okponipere Esq. in an open letter to EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu,
urging the Commission to leave Mrs. Jonathan alone as he warned that
refusal would force the hands of the solicitors: “We shall file an
action at the African Commission on Human Rights at the Gambia demanding
N5 billion in exemplary and punitive damages.”
According to Vanguard, the solicitors stated: “There is no
established legal or political precedent for what the EFCC is currently
doing to our client. How many former First Ladies in Nigeria have
received the Patience Goodluck Jonathan Treatment (PGJT) to have
warranted the EFCC to engage in the effrontery to freeze our client’s
accounts and subject her to public opprobrium, ridicule and disgrace?
This nonsense must stop forthwith.
“Our client is a respected senior citizen of international
repute, a retired Permanent Secretary and the immediate past First Lady
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Our Client is a law-abiding citizen
who has never or at all been the subject of any criminal and/or
financial investigation, whether at home or abroad. Accordingly, she has
not been found guilty of any criminal conduct throughout a sparkling
public service career spanning over 35 years.
“During the 5 years our client served as First Lady of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria between May, 2010 and May, 2015; she was the
Initiator/Founder of the A. ARUERA WOMEN FOUNDATION as well as the
WOMEN FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE; both of which Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) substantially contributed to the 35 per cent
affirmative action for women in the country.
Our Client is the recipient of numerous local and international
awards in recognition of her untiring commitment towards uplifting the
living standard of women, children and the aged in Nigeria.
“Sir, it is against this sterling and meritorious background of
our client that we most respectfully, write to draw your attention to
the numerous breaches of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the
African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and
Enforcement) Act 2004 committed by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) in cause of the Commission’s illegal and unlawful
investigation of our client for alleged money laundering.
"These investigations have reportedly led to the freeze of our
client’s accounts and led to untold consequences to our client’s health
and wellbeing.”
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