Fresh efforts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to re-impose a suspension order on the accounts of former First Lady Mrs. Patience Jonathan and her relatives have suffered a setback as Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday struck out an application for an interim forfeiture order brought before it by the anti-graft agency.

The EFFCC had filed an application for interim order of forfeiture agianst the accounts of Mrs. Jonathan and her siblings but her lawyers led by Chief Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) opposed the application based on the fact that similar applications were pending before other courts in Abuja, which they claimed amounted to forum shopping and judicial abuse of court process.

The team of lawyers which also included Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), and Charles Ogbolu submitted attachments to prove that the same process was currently before other courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction, including the applications before Justice Binta Nyako and Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, both of the Federal High Court Abuja.

It was based on the evidence of multiplicity of an action provided by Mrs. Jonathan’s lawyers that Justice Olateregun rejected EFCC application for an interim order of forfeiture.

It would be recalled that Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja had last December lifted an order made on May 30, freezing 16 bank accounts linked to wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience.

Justice Nyako in her ruling ordered the lifting of the freezing order that barred Mrs. Jonathan, her relatives and 10 organizations linked to her from accessing the accounts containing aggregate sums of $5.8million and N3.5billion.

The ruling followed an application that Mrs. Jonathan and the 10 companies filed to challenge an ex-parte interim freezing order earlier obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Listed as applicants with Mrs. Jonathan, in the application, are the Incorporated Trustees of Ariwabai Aruera Reachout Foundation, Pagmat Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, Flinchley Top Homes Limited, Incorporated Trustees of Women for Change and Development Initiative Nigeria, Transocean Property and Investment Ltd, Seagate Property Development Investment Company, Globus Integrated Services and Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited.

Justice Nyako upheld the applicants that the interim forfeiture order had elapsed and could not be renewed by the EFCC.


source:https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/lagos-high-court-strikes-efcc-forfeiture-application-patience-jonathan/

Ok

Defenders of corruption will now go for thanksgiving.

LionDeLeo:
Defenders of corruption will now go for thanksgiving.

Why will people even want to steal this much self? This is just too much na?

Well, who knows, im probably wrong thinking she stole it..Being a former first lady, bu Nigeroan standards, can make this possible..

However, LionDeleo, ive noticed you dont criticize APC criminals...Your voice is needed, if not, your grandchildren may not have a home you have now

LionDeLeo:
Defenders of corruption will now go for thanksgiving.

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Wait o is it only patience Jonathan that magu was programmed for,abi the mugu doesn't see other political criminals that have stolen billions even in this government that requires a lot of forfeiture applications.

Being a former deputy governors wife,governors wife,vice presidents wife,presidents wife and being a figure that comes from a region that is the goose that lays the golden egg .haba

Something is really fishy,I smell Aisha hand for all this.

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LionDeLeo:
Defenders of corruption will now go for thanksgiving.

Is it not the height of stupidity and recklessness to have an application in Abuja and still run to Lagos for the same thing? Why d waste and profligacy? This is why the prosecution almost always gets thrashed because it doesn't put its house in order. Intimidation and smear campaigns can only do so much but when subjected to the harsh lights of litigation and fact finding, it all falls like a pack of cards.

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freeze001:


Is it not the height of stupidity and recklessness to have an application in Abuja and still run to Lagos for the same thing? Why d waste and profligacy? This is why the prosecution almost always gets thrashed because it doesn't put its house in order. Intimidation and smear campaigns can only do so much but when subjected to the harsh lights of litigation and fact finding, it all falls like a pack of cards.

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Look at her trying to explain some legal proceedings as if she wouldn't have been making some funny noise if the judgement were to be against her.

If the judgement were to be the other way round, will you even bother to look into the grounds on which the judgment was made? Is it not some funny noise like; tyranny, oppression, one sided fight etc you and your ilk will keep making?

Gerrout.

U clearly major in mischievous and subjective permutations hence ur speculation about what it could have been if judgment was against her. That explains ur infantile outburst. It's a good thing the court deals with cold, hard facts and nor some holier-than-thou posturing.

Choke on it

LionDeLeo:
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Look at her trying to explain some legal proceedings as if she wouldn't have been making some funny noise if the judgement were to be against her.

If the judgement were to be the other way round, will you even bother to look into the grounds on which the judgment was made? Is it not some funny noise like; tyranny, oppression, one sided fight etc you and your ilk will keep making?

Gerrout.

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freeze001:
U clearly major in mischievous and subjective permutations hence ur speculation about what it could have been if judgment was against her. That explains ur infantile outburst. It's a good thing the court deals with cold, hard facts and nor some holier-than-thou posturing.

Choke on it

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Lol, me choke on this crap, you must be thinking I'm one of your ilk.

Pls find a way of getting out of my mention, I'm begging, biko.

The EFCC just wanted another caption "LAGOS COURT FORFEITS PEJ PROPERTIES" despite doing the same thing over and over previously.

Magu should convict a political criminal and stop looking a Newspaper headlines..

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However, LionDeleo, ive noticed you dont criticize APC criminals...Your voice is needed, if not, your grandchildren may not have a home you have now

That is how zombies roll.

Paperwhite:

That is how zombies roll.

Zone-B na zone-b...

Pls I won't mind a military coup at this junction because of this madam patience case.... I mean this is an open corruption high places..... The Jonathan's are common people just some years ago. What legitimate business or services have they rendered for only madam patience (...not even to imagine what could be in Mr Jonathan account) to have such humongous amount in her known Nigeria account?

Why is this account balance not getting people on the street? Even Buhari that cannot afford party nomination ticket, his wards fly first class to school... What deterrent is there for Aisha Buhari not to use her influence to corrupt herself? How many of Niger Delta socially beneficiary or inflated contract money are part of this? Or Kano Women Fistula Rehabilitation money or Ekiti Women Emancipation Fund is part of this?

Assume how much the wives of the 36 state governor and ex governor might have corruptly taking? How much are buried in foreign currencies in safe house?

Pls for Providence sake, let this money be confiscated and use for a project that directly impact the people and let's name them after her for whatever reason....either to shame or honour her.

Efcc are out for blood

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