I’ve Never Seen $13.5m In My Life, Says Patience Jonathan

First lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has denied the report that he was investigated for being in possession of $13.5 million in 2006 saying she had never seen such amount in her life.

Mrs. Jonathan who was reacting to a report by online whistle blower that the said amount was confiscated from her said $13.5 million was way too much for her to carry. She spoke to members of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) at the Presidential Villa.

“How can they say Mrs. Jonathan is caught with that kind of money? Can a human being carry that kind of money in a bag? That money is too much o. Even if I escaped the security in Nigeria, I could not have escaped the security people in the country they said I was carrying that kind of big money to,” the first lady said.

She said the story was planted to discredit her husband’s first 100 days in office as elected president and was aimed at blackmailing her family because there was no iota of truth in the report.

Mrs. Jonathan said she had never stolen throughout her time as wife of an elected public officer: “I was wife of deputy governor; I never stole. I was wife of governor; I never stole. I was wife of the vice-president; I never stole; and now I’m the wife of the president; I have not stolen.”
The first lady who was visibly emotional about the allegation said she had been disturbed by the baseless rumour and accused those who were bent on rubbishing her husband’s administration of orchestrating the story.

“Since my life I have never, never, never been invited by the EFCC. If ever I was invited, I won’t shy away; I will go there and report myself. But I have never been invited by EFCC.
“I have discovered that anytime my husband is contesting for an election, people will want to pull him down. Especially those people who don’t want Nigeria to move forward. They will always come out with false story because they want to sell their story, they go ahead and publish their falsehood without making efforts to get facts.

“Incidentally, Nuhu Ribadu was chairman of the EFCC when they said I stole that kind of big amount of money and he was also a presidential aspirant in the past elections. When this matter came to him, he made it clear to whoever wanted to listen that he never invited Mrs. Jonathan to the EFCC over any kind of crime but Nigerians have refused to hear and believe him.

“Today, Mrs. Farida is there as the chairman of the EFCC. If my file was with the commission, she would have seen it to do a follow up on that. But she has not done so because there is nothing criminal about me in the commission neither is there anything against my husband.

“Where is the customs officer that arrested me? The money is too big for one person to carry. When I was wife of deputy governor, there was no allocation to my office. I was wife of the governor, there was no allocation, I was wife to the vice president, there was no allocation to my office and now I am the wife of the president and still there is no allocation to my office.

“I work with my NGO and I organise launchings to raise money. I plead with good Samaritans to donate to my NGO and they do that with all their heart because they are happy with what I am doing with the money they give me which I am using to better the lives of the poor in the society.”



http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2011/sept/16/newsbreak-16-09-2011-001.html

big lie, i wonder why ribadu denied the case maybe that is his leverage to keep gej in check not to come after him

chuks01:

big lie, i wonder why ribadu denied the case maybe that is his leverage to keep gej in check not to come after him

How about that it never happened? Many Nigerians are rumour lovers, so any story can fly.

Wao, very emotional:

ASANIGBO20:


1) “I was wife of deputy governor; I never stole. I was wife of governor; I never stole. I was wife of the vice-president; I never stole; and now I’m the wife of the president; I have not stolen.”


2) “Since my life I have never, never, never been invited by the EFCC. If ever I was invited, I won’t shy away; I will go there and report myself. But I have never been invited by EFCC.

3) “I have discovered that anytime my husband is contesting for an election, people will want to pull him down. . . They will always come out with false story because they want to sell their story, they go ahead and publish their falsehood without making efforts to get facts.

4) “Incidentally, Nuhu Ribadu was chairman of the EFCC when they said I stole that kind of big amount of money and he was also a presidential aspirant in the past elections. When this matter came to him, he made it clear to whoever wanted to listen that he never invited Mrs. Jonathan to the EFCC over any kind of crime but Nigerians have refused to hear and believe him.

5) “Today, Mrs. Farida is there as the chairman of the EFCC. If my file was with the commission, she would have seen it to do a follow up on that. But she has not done so because there is nothing criminal about me in the commission neither is there anything against my husband.

6) “Where is the customs officer that arrested me?

7) When I was wife of deputy governor, there was no allocation to my office. I was wife of the governor, there was no allocation, I was wife to the vice president, there was no allocation to my office and now I am the wife of the president and still there is no allocation to my office.

Only business people can access to such money at a glance.

demdem are you a lawyer?
and beaf why do you lie so much?

I am glad she has never seen that much money in her life and hopefully she will never see it. Fingers crossed

that warms my heart. Now can we get back to something more important?

If somebody is classified as an accomplice it is very possible that they weren't involved in the physical carriage of the stolen money hence Dame Patience is correct but that only can never prove she aint guilty.

even self, i have never seen 100 naira, ah ah umblella

Lie Lie. I don't believe you Ma. Maybe you don't understand what you are saying this time around too Ma, because Madam, you once lied about being a widow.

Some of your in this forum have not seen the package of $1m. Its physically impossible for $13.5m to be carried in a handbag. Full Stop ! I dont know if you guyz are adults or a bunch of kids playing with laptops.

thats a huge sum of of money for one person to carry dude

I need to see the video, not one shell seems to have been launched in the excerpt above.

Until I see the video of her making those statements I refuse to believe that is our Dame being quoted.

Ah ah, who taught her English grammar. Or was the interview conducted in her local language and then transcribed?

@Demdem: im glad to find pips like u here. They thougt we are all fools and sycophants suffering from collective amnasia but they are wrong again. They are all d same irrespective of tribe, religion nor party affiliation. Its so shamefull reading d presidents wife dumb responce, she just woked up nw after 4yrs to make dis rebutal. SO FUNNY

Almost believed, until I found out the English was perfect,


EFCC CAN'T TOUCH ME

U guyz are funny, what u are now inplying is dat the whole first lady of federal republic Nigeria, cannot speak correct english, witout her native language, despite all are degree qualification.

musKeeto:

Almost believed, until I found out the English was perfect,


EFCC CAN'T TOUCH ME

You were accused of carying $3.5 million, and not $13.5 million.

God bless u Demdem its people like u who present proofs and mention names that are the real saviours of this nation, so many of our leaders have been raping our nation and keeping an innocent face, now u guys know who dat two-faced blockhead and his wife really are. They. Never knew dat they were shooting demselves in thei foot when they approved d FOI bill, wait and see many more revelations of their ill gotten wealth fixed into various largescale investments and d shock will be Mega.

Also about d non allocation to d first lady's office, I guess the allocations 4 d popular bags of rice were also voluntary donations from individuals. RUBBISH!

Beaf:

How about that it never happened? Many Nigerians are rumour lovers, so any story can fly.

Exactly. Rumours all the time.
Dokpesi and IBB were on the way to jail for Oct 1 bombing!

Thank you, first lady for telling us this
I knew it was the handiwork of the wicked, your detractors, busybodies, the jealous and envious
Only human beings steal and commit crime
I know that you are not really a human being, but a saint and an angel

Don't worry you will soon see it

abeg make una leave the woman jo na their time most of una wey dey complain go do WORSTER than dat,wen i reach there na sell i go sell nigeria and all of una for inside to an indian

That is not true, am sure she will have seen and have billions in her account. They will all face the wrought of God sooner than later. Thief mama.

you can transact money without physically seeing it so that is not a big deal

But u av seen $50m in ur life.

Beaf:

How about that it never happened? Many Nigerians are rumour lovers, so any story can fly.

Accursed, You again.

LeoMax:

Some of your in this forum have not seen the package of $1m. Its physically impossible for $13.5m to be carried in a handbag. Full Stop ! I dont know if you guyz are adults or a bunch of kids playing with laptops.

Corruption apologist! Thanks for this insight

Top 10 best hits: From our first lady "Her Excellency Dame patience Jonathan"

1.My husband and sambo is a good people.

2.The president was once a child and the senators were once a children

3.My fellow widows

4.A good mother takes care of his children

5.The people sitting before you here were once a children

6.Yes we are all happy for the effort,it is not easy to carry second in an international competition like this one - (Addressing press men after female under-19 fifa world cup)

7.The bombers who born them? wsn't it not a woman? they were once a children now a adult now they are bombing women and children making some children widow

8.My heart feels sorry for these children who have become widows by losing their parents for one reason or another

9.We should have love for our fellow Nigerians irrespective of their nationality

10.Thank God the doctors and nurses are responding to treatment (while visitng bomb explosion victims in the hospital)

And the latest bomb-

11. I Would rather kill myself instead of committing suicide

Let us observe a minute silent for our first lady

Na lie, abi she wan tell me say, dem no get Ghana must go bag wey stacks of Money full inside even pass 13.5milla, dolls, Her papa