Former First-lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan is currently locked in an ongoing battle with the EFCC over the seized $15m allegedly belonging to her.
Mrs. Jonathan has since released a statement detailing her own side of the story in the saga. Below are 7 things the former First-lady revealed.
1.) She revealed that she is not a director, shareholder, promoter and/or participant in any of the aforementioned four companies.
2.) She also said she is the sole signatory to all the said accounts. There is no driver, cook or artisan made to open or sign the said account with her.
3.) She denied receiving any money from any unknown sources paid into her accounts.
4.) She further said that the accounts in question were to facilitate her travel overseas, particularly for medical treatment, sundry purchase for herself and her late mother Mrs. Charity Oba (Mama Sisi).
4.) She further said that the accounts in question were to facilitate her travel overseas, particularly for medical treatment, sundry purchase for herself and her late mother Mrs. Charity Oba (Mama Sisi).
5.) Mrs. Patience Jonathan reminded EFCC that she has never been involved in any economic crime at all.
6.) She also accused the EFCC of placing a no debit order/freezing instruction on her account in spite of the Bank informing EFCC that those four accounts belonged to Mrs. Patience Jonathan personally.
7.) Mrs. Jonathan suggested that the people representing the four companies (that pleaded guilty) were hired by the EFCC to persecute her.
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