The EFCC has traced another N2.114bn to the bank account of Magel Resort
Ltd., which was allegedly owned by Mrs. Patience Jonathan and her late
mother, Mama Charity Oba.According to EFCC, the total amount of money traced to Mrs. Jonathan is now about N17billion.
Patience, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, had, last
week, filed a N2bn fundamental human rights suit against the EFCC,
accusing the anti-graft agency of subjecting her to psychological
trauma, unnecessary persecution and going as far as freezing her late
mother’s accounts.
However, an interim report of the EFCC accused Mrs. Jonathan of
perpetrating fraud through some of her non-governmental organisations.
The report adds that at least N17bn, including funds from some
government agencies, were paid into the accounts of Mrs. Jonathan’s
NGOs.
The report states, “Another company owned by Mrs Jonathan is Magel
Resort Ltd. It was incorporated by Mrs. Jonathan’s late mother. But
Patience Jonathan became the sole signatory to the account of the
company by board resolution upon the demise of her mother.
“Though registered as a resort agency, sources at the EFCC disclosed
that the agency was probing the circumstances in which the firm secured
over N200m IT contract from the National Information Technology
Development Agency.
“The contract was allegedly bankrolled through the National Information
Technology Development Fund. Several other persons under investigation
for money laundering by the anti-graft agency were discovered to have
made payments into the company’s account including a hotelier in Central
Area, Abuja, who has been invited for questioning.
“The total sum allegedly laundered through the account of Magel Resort
Limited, owned by Mrs Jonathan and her late mother, is put at N2.114bn.”
EFCC alleged that another NGO, owned by Patience, Ariwabai Aruera Reach
Out Foundation, had various accounts but the principal account was
domiciled at Diamond Bank.
The EFCC said it has evidence in which several government agencies made payments into the account.
A total inflow of N2.4bn was allegedly recorded in the account between
2009 and 2015. It was said that some of the NGOs had Patience’s domestic
servants as directors.
The report adds, “Investigations equally discovered that Mrs. Jonathan
maintains a dollar account with Diamond Bank which received huge
financial inflow from her domestic aides.
“Some of the domestic aides that made payments into the accounts are
also trustees of her so-called NGO and director in her companies. The
balance in the account was $12,831,173.
“Another dollar account of the former First Lady was discovered in Skye
Bank. Inflows into the account came through deposits by domestic aides
of Mrs. Jonathan. Intelligence reports indicate that most of the
purchase of luxury items by the former First Lady was through the
Platinum card of the account. The total amount in the account is $7.9m.”
The anti-graft agency said a total of N1.8bn was deposited in the
account of Flinchley Top Homes Limited, another company linked to Mrs
Jonathan. The money was allegedly deposited by her domestic aides
between 2009 and 2015.
The report adds, “Another discovery was the N2.1bn and N1.8bn deposited
into the accounts of AM PM Global Network Limited and Pagmat Oil and Gas
Limited respectively, between 2009 and 2015. Both companies are linked
to the former First Lady.
“Another N1.140bn was also allegedly laundered by Mrs. Jonathan through
the account of Lawari Furniture and Baths Limited, whose address is
given as 100 Akamfa Road, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
“The bulk of the money was deposited by Bureau de Change operators.”
It was learnt that the BDC operators had been invited by the EFCC.
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