04/09/2017

Patience Jonathan Calls EFCC’s Bluff, Unseals N2Billion Hotel



Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...Patience Jonathan vs EFCCPatience Jonathan, the wife of the immediate past president Goodluck Jonathan, removed the inscriptions placed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last June on a N2 billion hotel  linked to her in Abuja.

The inscriptions which read:  ‘EFCC Under Investigation’ were printed all over the building indicating that it has been sealed while the anti-graft commission continues with its investigation into alleged financial impropriety against Mrs. Jonathan.
But the reports that the inscriptions have now been covered with grey paint. When asked why the inscriptions were removed, three men found at the building said they removed the inscription on the orders of Mrs Jonathan.
“Go and ask the EFCC if they had the right to put their sign all over the building in the first place. If you want more information, go and ask madam,” they said when asked if they had the right to cover the inscription.
He said, “I have spoken to the appropriate people but I was not able to get any answer on the matter,” EFCC spokesperson told the newspaper adding that he was not aware if the building has been returned to the former first lady.
“Sometimes when we are investigating some politically exposed persons, they immediately begin to sell off their buildings in order to cover their tracks and run away with the cash so that is why we put EFCC signs on the buildings so that innocent people will not buy those buildings, an unnamed source at the EFCC told the newspaper.
“As it is, she has removed the inscriptions and can quickly sell it off.”
In his reaction, Mrs Jonathan’s lawyer, Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), said he was not aware of the seizure of the property but added that if a court had ordered the seizure, removing the inscription will have no effect on the order.
He said the first lady is in court to recover all her properties seized by the commission.
“I am not aware of the seizure of property. If the EFCC seal was removed from the property, let them go and put another one. In any case, we have sued the EFCC for abuse of her human rights and human dignity. The matter is pending before the Federal High Court in Abuja and everything has been included in that suit.
“We are challenging all the seizures because without prejudice to our case, Mrs Jonathan was neither a public officer nor a contractor. So, the idea of harassing her beats my imagination.
“I don’t see the basis for the EFCC’s harassment of that woman and the case wears a political toga because she was a formidable element during the campaign.”

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