The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the forfeiture of ex-First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan’s $8.4 million and N9.2 billion to the Federal Government.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on April 20, 2018, via an ex parte application, obtained an interim order for forfeiture of the sum on April 20, 2018.
This was contained in a January 30, 2018 letter to the Commission by Jonathan’s lawyer, Chief Ifedayo Adedipe
The order also affected 10 organizations linked to Dame Jonathan, which were denied access to accounts containing $5.8 million and N3.5 billion
Jonathan is asking the court to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to respect her fundamental rights to privacy, dignity and fair hearing, which she says have been serially violated.
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The highly authoritative newspaper said top on the list of those being probed are the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen; Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State; his predecessor and the current Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; and the immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The House’s Committee on Public Petition gave the order on Wednesday in its session on a petition on incessant harassment of herself and family sent to it by Patience Jonathan
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Justice Mohammed Idris ordered parties to file pleadings since issues had been joined as to the ownership of the money
The FIRS team went to Aridolf Resort Wellness and Spa in respect of tax liabilities totaling N10,117,500, but were attacked by hoodlums suspected to be loyal to Jonathan, whom they addressed on the phone as “mummy”
The order followed the ex parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, seeking the forfeiture of the amount to the government pending the determination of the motion on notice
The fresh forfeiture order is coming a day after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission withdrew an application challenging a court order unfreezing the money
A counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, appeared before the Federal High Court in Lagos, which on April 6 unfroze Patience’s account, stating that the commission had changed its mind about appealing the unfreezing order
Onnoghen, who said this after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, described the assertion as mere speculations
This followed the unfreezing of the account by a Federal High Court in Lagos last week Thursday
EFCC will also do very well to take to heart the counsel of Justice Gabriel Kolawole while suspending the trial of Col. Nicholas Ashinze and others over media trial
The order of the court was sequel to an application argued by her lawyer, Adedayo Adedipe, leading seven other lawyers
The group in a statement signed by its President, Joseph Spiff Wilcox, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday said the move was a commendable one