The
wife of former president, Dame Patience Jonathan who is in a running
battle with the EFCC has revealed why $15 million was found in her
account.
Dame Patience Jonathan
Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former president Goodluck
Jonathan has revealed that the $15m, which was frozen in four companies’
accounts were to settle her medical bills while she was out of the
country.
She has begged the Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu to intervene on the matter.
This was revealed in a letter with reference number
GA/Abibo/00226/2016, written by her lawyers, Granville Abibo (SAN) and
Co, which was addressed to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim
Magu.
The four accounts belonged to the following companies: Pluto
Property and Investment Company Limited, Seagate Property Development
and Investment Company Limited, Trans Ocean Property and Investment
Company Limited and Globus Integrated Service Limited.
It was earlier revealed that a houseboy, a driver and other domestic workers
of a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to Jonathan,
Waripamowei Dudafa, were named as directors, but Patience’s $15m was
lodged in the accounts and she was given a platinum card and exclusive
access to the accounts.
The letter read in part;
“It is noteworthy to emphasise that the said accounts, which
were in US dollar denomination, were card-based accounts and our client
is the sole signatory to these accounts.
“However, our client has been operating the said accounts using
the cards for her medical bill payments and purchases for her private
purposes without any let or hindrance. Our client was therefore
surprised when the said cards stop functioning on July 7, 2016, or
thereabout. Our client immediately, thereupon, contacted Skye Bank Plc
through our solicitors. It was only then that the bank officials
informed our client that the said accounts were placed on a ‘No Debit
Order’ following investigations and instruction from your commission and
this is without notice to our client by either the bank or the
commission.
“It is in the light of the foregoing that we urge you to use
your good offices to vacate the ‘No Debit/Freezing Order’ placed on the
said accounts.
“Despite the foregoing, our client, who is a law-abiding
citizen, has watched with surprise how efforts are being made
surreptitiously to indirectly harass or harangue her and short-change
her of her personal funds in breach of her fundamental human rights. We
urge you sir, to kindly intervene to stop the untoward and wrongful
actions of your officials to embarrass, inconvenience and short-change
our client.”
Responding to the letter a detective in the EFCC said "We got a relevant court order to freeze those accounts and we have evidence which we will present in court on Friday.
“We did not know that the accounts belonged to Patience
Jonathan at the time we froze them. The accounts do not bear her name
neither do they carry her BVN (Bank Verification Number). So, how can
she accuse us of harassment?
“She has a separate account in Skye Bank with the title
‘Patience Jonathan’, which has a balance of $5m. If she claims she needs
money for medical treatment, then the $5m should be alright.”
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