Alleged money laundering: We’ve enough evidence to nail Patience Jonathan – EFCC

There is strong indication that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may prosecute wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience, over money laundering if the recommendation of the investigative team is upheld.

This is as the EFCC claimed that it has established a prima facie case of money laundering against Mrs Jonathan and 10 others.

The commission has also said that its preliminary investigation indicted Mrs Patience Jonathan and 10 other suspects who are a former Senior Special Assistant (Domestic/Household and Social Events to the former President), Dr Dudafa Waripamo-Owei Emmanuel; Damola Bolodeoku; Dipo Oshodi; Theodora Varinik; Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited.

Others are Seagate Property Development and Investment Limited; Globus Integrated Services Limited; Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited and Skye Bank Plc.

Sompre Omiebi, the 10th suspect, is supposedly on the run.

Below are facts and figures of how the funds were allegedly laundered.

$22,353,076.71: Total amount wired into Mrs Jonathan’s accounts in four corporate accounts and one personalised account

$19,871.307.96: Total amount frozen in four corporate accounts and one personalised account

$14,029.881.79: Amount in the four VISA Platinum dollar cards used by Mrs. Jonathan

$753,206.76: Amount Mrs Jonathan has spent from the $5,114,609.00 lodged into the account of Globus Integrated Services Limited

$4,361,393.24: The balance in Globus Integrated Services Limited

$3,737,500.00: Amount lodged into the account of Trans Investment

$405,856.88: The cash Mrs. Jonathan has spent from the account of Trans Investment

$3,331,643.12: The balance in Trans Investment’s account

$3,644,200.00: The money lodged into Seagate Property’s account

$22,353,076.71: Total amount wired into Mrs Jonathan’s accounts in four corporate accounts and one personalised account

$19,871.307.96: Total amount frozen in four corporate accounts and one personalised account

$14,029.881.79: Amount in the four VISA Platinum dollar cards used by Mrs. Jonathan

$753,206.76: Amount Mrs Jonathan has spent from the $5,114,609.00 lodged into the account of Globus Integrated Services Limited

$4,361,393.24: The balance in Globus Integrated Services Limited

$3,737,500.00: Amount lodged into the account of Trans Investment

$405,856.88: The cash Mrs. Jonathan has spent from the account of Trans Investment

$3,331,643.12: The balance in Trans Investment’s account

$3,644,200.00: The money lodged into Seagate Property’s account

$242,665.29: Amount Mrs. Jonathan has spent from the account of Seagate Property

$3,401,534.71: The balance in Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Limited account, which is currently on Post No Debit Status

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$3,095,400: Amount fraudulently lodged into the account of Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited

$160, 089.28: Amount spent by Mrs Jonathan from the account of Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited

$2,935,310.72: The balance in the account of Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited, which is currently on Post No Debit Status

$6, 761,367.71: Amount in another VISA Platinum Credit card account opened by Mrs. Jonathan

$919,941.54: Amount Mrs Jonathan has spent from the VISA Platinum Credit card account

$5,841,426.17: The balance in the VISA Platinum Credit card account

Reports is that former First Lady Patience Jonathan’s bank accounts containing $19,871.307.96 have been frozen.

The money is part of the $22.3 million that was discovered in the accounts.

There are also speculations that the visit of Former President Jonathan to former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida and former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in Minna, during the Sallah celebrations may not be unconnected with the case of his wife

Meanwhile, the former First Lady has written a letter the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu explaining that the $31.4 million in a bank account connected to Dudafa that was frozen was for the payment of the medical bills she incurred in London in 2013.

In the letter written by her lawyers, Granville Abibo (SAN) and Co, she enjoined the commission and Skye Bank to lift the restriction placed on the accounts, admitting, that she is the sole signatory to the accounts and the accounts were card-base.

The letter read in part, “It is in the light of the foregoing that we urge you to use your good offices to vacate the ‘No Debit/Freezing Order’ placed on the said accounts.

“Despite the foregoing, our client, who is a law-abiding citizen, has watched with surprise how efforts are being made surreptitiously to indirectly harass or harangue her and short-change her of her personal funds in breach of her fundamental human rights.

“We urge you sir, to kindly intervene to stop the untoward and wrongful actions of your officials to embarrass, inconvenience and short-change our client.”

By Ebere Ndukwu…

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