Former Nigeria’s first Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has forwarded a fundamental application against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) where she claims that the $31.4m frozen by EFCC which was allegedly realized off fraud cases, belongs to her.
Speaking in the court, Counsel to the defendant Mr. Gboyega Oduwole, told the Federal High Court in Lagos that Patience has filed a fundamental application against the EFCC over the $31.4m frozen , saying she owns it.
The application which was filed on September 6, 2016, with file number FHC/L/C5/1233/16, the former First Lady asked the court to order the enforcement of her fundamental human rights.
According to PULSE, defendants in the case include the EFCC and a former presidential aide, Amajuoyi Azubike Briggs, former Skye Bank official, Damola Bolodeoku, Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited and Avalon Global Property Development Company Limited, Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited, Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Limited and Globus Integrated Services Limited.