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$15m: Patience Jonathan’s Houseboy, Driver Arrested By EFCC by dodoisk(m): 1:29pm On Sep 12, 2016 |
Former first lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, says the
money with EFCC belongs to her.
Anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested a driver, houseboy
and two other domestic staff working with for Mrs Dame
Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck
Jonathan in connection to $15m traced to Mrs Jonathan.
The money, which is located in four company accounts in
Skye bank have a balance of about $15m while another
account, which bears Patience Jonathan’s name, has $5m.
The former First Lady who said she owns the money in the
accounts said she gave millions of dollars to the then
Special Adviser to the President on Domestic Affairs,
Waripamowei Dudafa, to open accounts for her.
But a detective at the EFCC revealed that Dudafa used his
domestic servants’ names to open the four other accounts
and then deposited the money into the accounts.
“We were investigating Dudafa when we stumbled on those
four companies’ domiciliary accounts opened at Skye Bank
with a balance of about $15m. On further investigation, we
were able to identify the directors of the companies.
“When we detained the directors, we found out that they
were Dudafa’s domestic servants. One of them was a
houseboy while another one was a driver. Their
photographs were used in opening the accounts and their
signatures were forged.
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“We found out that these domestic servants were
completely innocent because they had no access to the
accounts. We have since released them. The sole signatory
to the accounts was Patience Jonathan and she was issued
with a special card, which is accepted worldwide. She has a
separate account, which was opened in her name and has a
balance of $5m,” he told Punch newspaper.
EFCC source also said two Skye Bank executives, Demola
Bolodeoku and Dipo Oshodi, who helped Dudafa to open
the accounts on March 22, 2010, were also being
investigated.
“This is a clear case of fraud and there is no way the bank
officials will say they did not know what was going on. They
are under investigation and those found culpable will be
arraigned,” the detective added.
The EFCC operative said he could not confirm if the
transaction was reported to the Nigeria Financial
Intelligence Unit revealing that the commission had
discovered a trend which politicians used in laundering and
concealing funds.
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“What we have noticed is that in order to conceal funds,
what politicians and top civil servants do is to open bank
accounts in the name of family or friends and then make
themselves the sole signatory to the account.
“Don’t forget that we traced about 17 bank accounts to the
immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal
Alex Badeh (retd.).
“Often times, they do this in connivance with bank officials
and that is why the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has
said henceforth, whenever we are investigating a bank
official, we will probe the entire bank as well because these
officials usually act under the instruction of their
superiors.”
Jonathan’s wife has, however, sued Skye Bank for freezing
her bank accounts and giving the EFCC vital information
about her finances.
Meanwhile, Professor Itse Sagay has said that Patience
Jonathan must explain how she came about to own $5m
after the former first lady admitted that the money was
hers.
SH |
Re: $15m: Patience Jonathan’s Houseboy, Driver Arrested By EFCC by kettykin: 1:42pm On Sep 12, 2016 |
Efcc is becoming more useless by the day |
Re: $15m: Patience Jonathan’s Houseboy, Driver Arrested By EFCC by Nobody: 1:46pm On Sep 12, 2016 |
Re: $15m: Patience Jonathan’s Houseboy, Driver Arrested By EFCC by kayfra: 2:41pm On Sep 12, 2016 |
kettykin: Your generation will not see a dime of that loot. |
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