Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has denied media reports that $175m is
missing from her bank accounts.
Patience said her account balance as of
the time it was frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
was less than $10m.
She, therefore, urged the media to be fair to her and stop twisting facts.
She said this in a statement signed by her spokesman, Mr. Sam Dokubo, on Wednesday.
The statement added, “For the avoidance
of doubt, while indeed it is true that Dame Patience is in court for the
protection of her fundamental rights infringed upon by a ‘No debit
order’ placed on her funds by the EFCC, it is not for $15m but for funds
less than $10m as has been clarified several times.
“The purported story in a newspaper on
November 19, 2016, about a missing $175m allegedly belonging to the
former first lady is not just fictitious but plain falsehood.”
Patience said if the EFCC was looking for a ‘missing’ $175m it should ask Skye Bank where all her accounts were domiciled.
It added, “The EFCC has not made any
statement to the existence of an investigation of any missing $175m
linked to the former first lady.
“If any such funds as claimed, which was
deposited by certain verifiable persons has gone missing without a
trace from a known bank, Skye Bank, as was reported, then, the bank, its
officials and those mentioned must be held to account for the funds and
not the former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, who was in no way a
part of the transaction.
“The claim that the money was credited
to a company linked to Dame Patience Jonathan is also false; otherwise
it should be officially substantiated with credible evidence by Skye
Bank and the EFCC that are jointly mentioned in the report.”
Mrs. Jonathan threatened to sue media houses that continue to malign her.
Patience is suing the EFCC and Skye Bank for freezing accounts linked to her. She is also demanding a N200m settlement.
'I have less than $10m in my account' – Patience Jonathan
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