Patience Jonathan linked to $20m finacial 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.




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. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the fresh discovery brings to $20m the total amount so far traced to the former first lady in an investigations into a money laundering case.

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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