The EFCC is set to invite Patience Jonathan for question, while the former
First Ladyis about to drag the commission to an International Court.
– Patience
Jonathan has taken the battle against EFCC beyond the shores of Nigeria
– The
ex-First Lady has finalized plans to drag EFCC before the African Commission of
Human and Peoples Right
The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is soon to be dragged to the African
Commission of Human and Peoples Right in Gambia by former first lady, Mrs
Patience Ibifaka Jonathan.
Sources close
to Patience Jonathan’s legal team said they took the decision to seek legal
redress in a court free from manipulation.
Daily Sun reports that a new group, The
Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB) has thrown its weight behind the
decision to drag the EFCC before the African Commission of Human and Peopless
Right over its case Mrs Jonathan. The group, in statement by its spokesman,
Chima “Phillip Effiong” Osuji, condemned what it called the “the undue
harassment and campaign of calumny masterminded by the EFCC against Patience
Jonathan.” The group insisted Mrs Jonathan “cannot get fair trial in a Nigerian
court and commended Mr Timipa Jenkins Okonipere for his decision to drag the
EFCC before the West African Court.
“TRIPOB
believes that under the current political dispensation in Nigeria, Mrs.
Jonathan cannot obtain fair and impartial judgment. Furthermore, by virtue of
the enviable political height which the Goodluck Jonathan family has attained,
it would be most advisable if Mrs Jonathan goes outside for relief because, we
strongly believe that, there is a premeditated plot to humiliate and disgrace
the former First Lady.”
“We therefore
commend international lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Timipa Jenkins
Okponipere for the wise decision to drag the EFCC before the African Commission
of Human and Peoples Rights based in Banjul, The Gambia, if the EFCC failed to
stop the harassment of Mrs. Jonathan within 14 days. It is a welcome decision.”
Accordingly,
TRIPOB advises the Goodluck Jonathan Family to “remain calm and put their trust
in God Almighty; as they shall surely be vindicated.”
Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission is set to invite the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan,
Dame Patience Jonathan, after freezing her personal account with a balance of
$5m as well as four other accounts linked to her with a balance of $15.6m.
Sources at the EFCC told Sunday Punch that detectives had visited the bank
where the accounts were opened and had obtained the files containing Patience’s
information.
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