Tag: Patience Jonathan
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Court adjourns suit seeking forfeiture of Patience Jonathan’s billions till January
A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court will on January 15, 2019, continue the hearing of a suit seeking final forfeiture of about $8.4 million and N7.4 billion found in bank accounts linked to a former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. The new hearing date was fixed Thursday after the court failed to sit and…
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$15 million Ownership: Patience Jonathan’s suit against EFCC stalled
Absence of Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court Lagos on Tuesday, stalled the continuation of hearing in a suit filed by the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, against the EFCC, challenging freezing orders on her account. The judge was said to be attending a workshop. The case was then fixed for June…
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EFCC gets fresh order to seize Patience Jonathan’s $8.4m, N7.3bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured a new interim order to seize sum of $8,435,788.84 and over N7.35bn found in 15 bank accounts linked to a former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The new order was granted by the Federal High Court in Lagos on April 20, 2018. It came about a week…
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Court grants interim forfeiture of Patience Jonathan’s property
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, granted an interim forfeiture order of a property belonging to the former first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who granted the order, held that it was to enable the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) investigate the acquisition of Ariwabai Aruera Reachout Foundation, a property liked…
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Court fixes date for hearing on Patience Jonathan’s assets forfeiture case
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday fixed April 30 to rule on an application, seeking the forfeiture of two properties belonging to Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan to the Federal Government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Oct. 20, 2017 filed an ex parte application praying the court for…
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N3.5bn: Patience Jonathan wants bank CEOs jailed
Former first lady, Patience Jonathan has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to commit the Chief Executive Officers of three banks to prison over the order de-freezing her foundation’s accounts with the banks. Mrs Jonathan through her counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) filed Forms 48 and 49 Committal Proceedings against Adesola Adeduntan (CEO of First…
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Patience Jonathan asks court to strike out judgement to forfeit $8.4m, N7.3b
Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience, on Monday asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to strike out an ex-parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the temporary forfeiture of her $8,435,788.84 and N7.35 billion respectively. She asked the court to grant an order striking out the motion…
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Court okays freezing of Patience Jonathan’s bank accounts
An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has dismissed an application of alleged breach of fundamental rights brought against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by former first lady, Patience Jonathan. Mrs. Jonathan had asked the court to compel the EFCC to pay N2 billion for the alleged abuse of her fundamental rights. The…
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Prison officials awarded N300m contract to Patience Jonathan’s ‘fake company’ – EFCC
Three unregistered companies, one of which got N300 million contracts, are allegedly owned by former First Lady Patience Jonathan. The firms are Euroricia Concept Limited, Pasturage Vert and Mabelt Construction Limited, according to the Economic and FIancial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mrs Jonathan is under probe for allegedly using one of the firms to secure contracts…