The Deputy Director of Operations of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Iliyasu Kwarbai on
Wednesday said the wife of former President, Mrs
Patience Jonathan, would not go scot-free if found
guilty of corruption.
Kwarbai, said this when he received a petition entitled:
‘Demand for arrest, prosecution of Patience Jonathan,
probe of APC campaign fund and no more sacred cow in
the anti-corruption crusade.’ against the former First
Lady from a group of protesters, under the aegis of
Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre at the
agency’s office in Ikoyi Lagos.
Recall that the anti-graft agency had recently confirmed
that Mrs Jonathan is being investigated for money
laundering, but no case has been instituted against her
in any court yet.
The Commission, later took a step further in its ongoing
investigations by freezing her personal account in Skye
Bank Plc, titled ‘Patience Ibifaka Jonathan.’
Mrs
Jonathan while claiming the money was meant for her
medical treatment abroad, asked EFCC to defreeze the
account or face legal action.
But the group in a petition signed by its President,
Queen Ameh, and Chairman of its Board of Trustees,
BoT, Innocent Agbo, wondered why Patience Jonathan
was still working freely when the agency claimed to
have corrupt evidence against her.
Addressing the anti-graft agency, Agbo said, “You have
found evidence incriminating Patience Jonathan but we
are surprised that Patience Jonathan is still allowed to
be walking freely, and even had the audacity to take the
EFCC to court to release same money to her.”
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