The wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has
obtained a court’s leave to amend the N200m lawsuit she filed against
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and six others.
Patience filed the suit to challenge the ‘No Debit Order’ placed by the EFCC on four bank accounts domiciled with Skye Bank Plc.
The four bank accounts were opened in the name of four
companies linked with a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to
ex-President Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa.
The EFCC froze the $15,591,700 found in the accounts in July while investigating Dudafa for money laundering.
Patience, however, sued the EFCC, Skye Bank, Dudafa and the four companies, claiming that the frozen funds belonged to her.
In the suit filed before Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal
High Court in Lagos through her lawyer, Mr. Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN),
Patience is seeking an order directing the EFCC to lift the restriction
on the four bank accounts.
She also wants damages in the sum of N200m against Skye
Bank, for what she termed the violation of her fundamental right to own
personal property.
At the resumed proceedings on Wednesday, Adedipe said his
client had seen a need to amend her court papers and urged Justice Idris
to allow her do so.
The EFCC did not oppose the prayer but said it should also be given the opportunity to amend its response to the suit.
Justice Idris granted Patience’s prayer and said the EFCC was also at liberty to amend its responses to the suit.
He adjourned further proceedings in the case till January 18, 2017.
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