Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered
the freezing of multiple accounts of former First Lady, Patience
Jonathan, over allegations of receiving proceeds from fraud. One of
the account domiciled with Skye Bank plc has a balance of $5,316.66...
According to Vanguard, the order comes sequel to a further affidavit in
support of Ex-parte originating summons sworn to by Abdulahi Tukur, an
operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and
filed before the court by EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo requesting the
court to urgently direct the managers of the bank accounts contained in
the schedule filed with the summons (FHC/L/CS/1343/16) to, in the
interim, forfeit the money in the accounts, to prevent further tampering
with such.
Also affected by the order are five companies which are Finchley Top
Homes Limited, Aribawa Aruera, Magel Resort Limited, AM -PM Global
Network Limited Pansy Oil and Gas Limited. Finchley Top Homes Limited is
alleged to have fraudulently open account number 1102001996 domiciled
with Ecobank Plc and has a current balance of N226,376,700.23 and a
fixed deposit with a balance of N1,099,511,484.88.
The company also fraudulently opened other accounts These are account
1771731336, domiciled with Skye Bank and with a current balance of
N14,173,848.85; Fidelity Bank account 4011019539 with a current balance
of N1,800,494,000; Stanbic Bank account 0016901361 with a current
balance of N40,594,12.88; and Diamond Bank account 0019213687 with a
current balance of N39,418,712.12.
Aribawa Aruera Reachout Foundation opened account number 1222014221 with
Ecobank and has a closing balance of N479,893,431.01, while Magel
Resort Limited accounts (4011019546/5250059782) with Fidelity Bank has a
subsisting balance of N1,000,494,000. The company also operates two
other accounts (1011744356) in Zenith Bank, which has a balance of
N858,923,982, and 0024351590 with Diamond Bank and has a balance of
N174,166,207.00. AM-PM Global Network Limited opened account number
0026718889 at Diamond Bank and has a balance of N7,213,303.50.
The account opened by Pansy Oil and Gas Limited at Fidelity Bank
(4011019577) has a current balance of N1,809,666,494.68, while that at
Diamond Bank (0026838491) has a balance of N55,930,024.50. Also affected
is one Esther Oba. Esther Oba has a balance of $429,381.87 in her
account while the companies collectively havea balances totaling
N7,418,829,290.94 (seven billion four hundred and eighteen million eight
hundred and twenty nine thousand two hundred and ninety naira ninety
four kobo) in six commercial banks.
Esther Oba was found to have opened account number 0019213689 with
Diamond Bank and has a current balance of $429,381.87.
EFCC said it carried out analyses after receiving an intelligence
report, which showed that the accounts ought to be investigated. As
such, Mr. Tukur averred that it would serve the course of justice to
grant the application for such.