Wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to restrain a human rights organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, from coercing the Attorney General of the Federation to prosecute her over “unfounded and malicious allegations that she stole $15m.”

Patience claimed that the $15m over which SERAP allegedly asked the AGF to prosecute her was a gift she received over the last 15 years from friends and well-wishers.

The Executive Director of SERAP, Adetokunbo Mumuni, said in a statement on Thursday that the organisation had been served with court papers in Patience’s suit marked, FHC/L/CS/1349/2016.

According to Mumuni, the suit was filed by members of the Union of Niger Delta Youth Organisation for Equity, Justice and Good Governance on behalf of themselves and Patience.

The plaintiffs sought a court order of interim injunction restraining SERAP from using any judicial process to coerce the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to prosecute Patience for “owning legitimate private property.”

The plaintiffs also urged the court to restrain SERAP from “taking any further steps in further vilification, condemnation and conviction of the former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, in all public media.”

In the affidavit filed in support of the suit, the plaintiffs accused SERAP of engaging in a campaign of calumny against Patience.

The plaintiffs averred, “There has been a running battle between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Mrs. Jonathan with respect to the release of her legitimately earned funds, which were deposited in accounts opened in the names of certain companies by one of her husband’s aides without her authorisation.

“The funds in question were legitimate gifts from her friends and well-wishers over the last 15 years which she had been saving in order to utilise to upgrade family businesses and concerns which had been somewhat dormant by reasons of the long period of her husband service as a public officer in Nigeria.

“The gifts were given in small contributions by several persons, some of whom she cannot even now recall over this period of 15 years sometimes in as small a gift as N250,000.

“In order to preserve the value of these funds, which she did not require for any purpose at the time, she changed them into foreign exchange and kept them as cash for a long period in her home safe in Port Harcourt and Abuja.

“It was when the family home in Otuoke was burnt down by hoodlums under the instigation of political adversaries in 2010 that she began to think about banking these gifts, which had now grown to large sums in the United States dollars.

“In 2010 she therefore summoned one of her husband’s domestic aids, Waripamo-Owei Emmanuel Dudafa, to assist her in opening bank accounts into which the funds could be deposited.

“Unknown to her, the said Dudafa, in a bid to be discreet about the owner of the funds, decided to bank the funds in the names of companies owned by him.

“When she discovered this, she was constrained to continue with the names of the companies when she was advised that it did not make any difference as to the ownership of the funds since the director of the company would appoint her as sole signatory to the accounts in question.”

http://punchng.com/patience-jonathan-sues-serap-says-15m-gift/

Story Story Story.. Like someone commented on punch newspaper and I quote verbatim

Madam, the truth is always simple. When you begin change story like underwear, lie don enter am be dat.

1- You first said it was for Mama Sisi wey don die.

2- Later you say na surgery/sickness savings now na for business wey you no run for 15 years.

3- You said you didn't know the directors of the company and yet they made you sole signatory...why would you use illegality to be the benchmark of money that you spent 15 years to save?

4- You claim that EFCC produced fake directors of the company, but here you claim you didn't even know the company directors, how you come sabi wetin EFCC bring na fake directors?

Madam, you cant prevent the AGF from doing his job because, the constitution grants him the powers to prosecute any case and dismiss any case.

Trying to use Odili style here no go work.
Madam, take a bow!!!

It is no longer her hard earned money bah
This woman should (in osho baba's voice ) GO AND DIE

Gift?

Not money inherited from your late mother again? This woman no go kill me

odiks:
Story Story Story.. Like someone commented on punch newspaper and I quote verbatim

Madam, the truth is always simple. When you begin change story like underwear, lie don enter am be dat.

1- You first said it was for Mama Sisi wey don die.

2- Later you say na surgery/sickness savings now na for business wey you no run for 15 years.

3- You said you didn't know the directors of the company and yet they made you sole signatory...why would you use illegality to be the benchmark of money that you spent 15 years to save?

4- You claim that EFCC produced fake directors of the company, but here you claim you didn't even know the company directors, how you come sabi wetin EFCC bring na fake directors?

Madam, you cant prevent the AGF from doing his job because, the constitution grants him the powers to prosecute any case and dismiss any case.

Trying to use Odili style here no go work.
Madam, take a bow!!!

Gbam , Gbammer, Gbammest ..

Story fit for the brainless IPOB miscreants

She may b right though

$15 mil gift? Bribe is always called a gift.... she is an uneducated thief.. she 4 find another format

saintkel:
She may b right though

Lol, first it was medical bills accumulation, then for her late mum, then savings from her hard work over the years, now it is gifts

It's simple, who are the friends who gave her such a huge gift?

Our hero wife can't do such let alone say such Buhari victimization is now to another level.. Y y and y

gift?...........just multiple 15million dollars by 400naira lets see how much the gift really worth

nrexzy:
$15 mil gift? Bribe is always called a gift.... she is an uneducated thief.. she 4 find another format

lol.....wailers are coming after you

Kingsley10000:
lol.....wailers are coming after you

Waitn 4 them

Oh my God!

This is very very shameful

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