Graft: Court Orders Forfeiture Of Patience Jonathan’s N7.5b, $8.4m - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 2, 2019
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal HighCourt, Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of 9.2 billion naira and 8.4million dollars recovered from Dame Patience wife of former President GoodluckJonathan by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The judge ordered that the funds should bepermanently forfeited to the Federal Government.
The judgment followed an application by the EFCC,which prayed for the forfeiture on the grounds that the funds were proceeds ofcrime.
The anti-graft agency consequently secured aninterim forfeiture order on April 20th, 2018 and the court ordered thoseinterested in the funds to come forward to show why they should not bepermanently forfeited.Patience, through her counsel, Chief IfedayoAdedipe SAN, Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN and Gboyega Oyewole SAN appeared in courtand opposed the application by insisting that the funds were her legitimateincome