A former Nigerian first lady Patience Jonathan says she wrote to the Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, explaining her links with a frozen $15m deposit. Mrs. Jonathan said her letter was not acted upon, prompting a fresh one to the chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu.
In her letter, Mrs. Jonathan had told the EFCC the money, discovered in four bank accounts currently being investigated, was for her medical expenses.
In the letter by her solicitors, Granville Abibo and Co, Mrs. Jonathan added that “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.
Mrs. Jonathan urged Magu to unfreeze her account with Skye Bank.
“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.”
Moreover, Mrs. Jonathan attracted attention when she filed a claimant suit on the frozen money.
The EFCC stumbled on the money while investigating former presidential aide and Mrs. Jonathan’s ally Waripamowei Dudafa. The money, the EFCC claimed, was lodged in four companies’ accounts with the banks.
The managers of the companies were called in for questioning, after which EFCC realised their names had been used without their knowing, and signatures forged.
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