A
court sitting in Lagos has barred former first lady, Dame Patience
Jonathan from having access to her account containing the sum of
5.8million dollars.
Dame Patience Jonathan
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on
Wednesday granted a fresh ex-parte application ordering the forfeiture
of 5.8million dollars belonging to a former First Lady, Mrs Patience
Jonathan, according to NAN.
It would be recalled that just yesterday, the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) withdrew a motion before a Federal
High Court Lagos for stay of execution of a judgment which unbarred the
account of a former first lady, Patience Jonathan.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun had on April 6 lifted the ban on the
account after Jonathan’s lawyer, Mr Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), challenged
the propriety of EFCC’s action. He had challenged the commission for
joining her in a suit, which he said, she was not a party to, and urged
the court to unfreeze Jonathan’s account.
Dissatisfied with the unfreezing order, EFCC had filed an
application for a stay of execution of the order as well as a notice of
appeal challenging the judgment. The two applications, according to EFCC
counsel, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, were dated April 6 and filed on April 7.
At the resumed hearing of the case on Tuesday, Oyedepo informed the
court of his agency’s intention to withdraw the two applications. He
did not give reasons for the withdrawal. Following the withdrawal of the
applications, Adedipe confirmed service of the application for
withdrawal on the defendants.
He equally informed the court of his intention to withdraw Form 48
(notice of Committal to prison) and Form 49 (Committal to prison), which
he said, was filed against Skye Bank in anticipation of a failure to
obey the order of the court.
After the submissions of both counsel, Olatoregun granted the
withdrawal of both the EFCC’s two applications and Patience Jonathan’s
Form 48 and Form 49 respectively.
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