Federal
High Court Lagos has freezed all the bank accounts of former First Lady
Patience Jonathan suspected to be proceeds from crime.
One of the account, domiciled with Skye Bank plc, has a balance
of $5,316.66.
The presiding judge, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, while granting
the order freezing the accounts ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) to file an undertaking in relation to damages payable by it
if it turns out that the order should not have been made.
This is sequel to a further affidavit in support of Ex-parte
originating summons sworn to by Mr. Abdulahi Tukur, an EFCC operative and filed
before the court by EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo requesting the court to
urgently direct the managers of the bank accounts contained in the schedule
filed with the summons (FHC/L/CS/1343/16) to, in the interim, forfeit the money
in the accounts, to prevent further tampering with such.
Also affected by the order are five companies which are Finchley
Top Homes Limited, Aribawa Aruera, Magel Resort Limited, AM -PM Global Network
Limited Pansy Oil and Gas Limited.
Finchley Top Homes Limited is alleged to have fraudulently open
account number 1102001996 domiciled with Ecobank Plc and has a current balance
of N226,376,700.23 and a fixed deposit with a balance of N1,099,511,484.88.
The company also fraudulently opened other accounts. These are
account 1771731336, domiciled with Skye Bank and with a current balance of
N14,173,848.85; Fidelity Bank account 4011019539 with a current balance of
N1,800,494,000; Stanbic Bank account 0016901361 with a current balance of
N40,594,12.88; and Diamond Bank account 0019213687 with a current balance of
N39,418,712.12. Aribawa Aruera Reachout Foundation opened account number
1222014221 with Ecobank and has a closing balance of N479,893,431.01, while
Magel Resort Limited accounts (4011019546/5250059782) with Fidelity Bank has a
subsisting balance of N1,000,494,000. The company also operates two other
accounts (1011744356) in Zenith Bank, which has a balance of N858,923,982, and
0024351590 with Diamond Bank and has a balance of N174,166,207.00. AM-PM Global
Network Limited opened account number 0026718889 at Diamond Bank and has a
balance of N7,213,303.50.
The account opened by Pansy Oil and Gas Limited at Fidelity Bank
(4011019577) has a current balance of N1,809,666,494.68, while that at Diamond
Bank (0026838491) has a balance of N55,930,024.50.
Also affected is one Esther Oba. Esther Oba has a balance of
$429,381.87 in her account while the companies collectively havea balances
totaling N7,418,829,290.94 (seven billion four hundred and eighteen million
eight hundred and twenty nine thousand two hundred and ninety naira ninety four
kobo) in six commercial banks.
Esther Oba was found to have opened account number 0019213689
with Diamond Bank and has a current balance of $429,381.87.
The EFCC said it carried out analyses after receiving an
intelligence report, which showed that the accounts ought to be investigated.
As such, Mr. Tukur averred that it would serve the course of justice to grant
the application for such.
Source: PMNEWS
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