Patience Jonathan linked to $20m financial scandal
– The EFCC claims that it has traced an aditional $5m dollars to the account of Patience Jonathan
– EFCC initially traced $15m to four company accounts, bringing the figure to $20m linked to the former First Lady
– Patience has been tied to a money laundering case involving an ex-special adviser to ex-President Jonathan An additional $5m has been traced to the account of Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
An additional $5m has been traced to the account of Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The EFCC says it has traced a fresh $5m to the account of Dame Patience Jonathan, following investigations into a financial crime involving one of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s special advicers.
A money laundering case
against a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President
Jonathan, Waripamowei Dudafa, the EFCC had traced four company accounts
to him with a balance of $15m.
The EFCC subsequently charged Dudafa and the four companies with money
laundering.
The four companies, whose accounts have since been frozen, are 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.
A source at the EFCC said: “While we were investigating Dudafa, we
traced the four companies to him. The companies have domiciliary
accounts at Skye Bank with a balance of about $15m. So, we obtained a
court order and froze the accounts.
“We then traced the directors of the companies who then denied ownership
of the accounts. It was later that we were informed that the accounts
belonged to Patience Jonathan and that she is the sole signatory to the
accounts. She was given a special card which she used in making
withdrawals across the world.
“We, therefore, wondered why the accounts were not opened in her name if
she had nothing to hide. In fact, we later found out that her personal
account, which bears her name, has a balance of $5m. One wonders where a
person, who has never held a government position, got the money from.
She was not our initial target but she certainly has questions to
answer.”
Jonathan’s wife has, however, sued Skye Bank for freezing her bank
accounts and giving the EFCC vital information about her finances.
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The EFCC says it has
traced a fresh $5m to the account of Dame Patience Jonathan, following
investigations into a financial crime involving one of ex-President
Goodluck Jonathan’s special advicers.
Read more: https://www.naij.com/964094-scandal-efcc-finds-fresh-5m-patience-jonathans-account.html?utm_source=mailfire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=reconfirm
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– The EFCC claims that it has traced an aditional $5m dollars to the account of Patience Jonathan
– EFCC initially traced $15m to four company accounts, bringing the figure to $20m linked to the former First Lady
– Patience has been tied to a money laundering case involving an ex-special adviser to ex-President Jonathan
An additional $5m has been traced to the account of Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Read more: https://www.naij.com/964094-scandal-efcc-finds-fresh-5m-patience-jonathans-account.html?utm_source=mailfire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=reconfirm
Read more: https://www.naij.com/964094-scandal-efcc-finds-fresh-5m-patience-jonathans-account.html?utm_source=mailfire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=reconfirm
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