Standup9ja: ‘EFCC traces Abuja properties, 3 accounts to
Patience Jonathan’
According to The Nation, investigations on the ex-First Lady
and Aribawa Aruera Research Foundation led to the discovery the accounts.
EFCC investigators have however only established a link
between Mrs. Jonathan and Aribawa Aruera Research Foundation.
A report indicated that Aruera Foundation is registered with
the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) with RC No 22805.
It said: “Huge funds were suspected to have been laundered
into the accounts of the above mentioned companies and properties worth billions
of naira were allegedly acquired by ex-First Lady Patience Jonathan through the
aforementioned companies.
“Detectives were able to track transactions through open
source information from interbank settlement
“The ex-First Lady and five others are trustees of Aribawa
Foundation. Intelligence from Abuja Geographical Information Service (AGIS)
revealed that a multi-billion naira property, Plot No. 1758B06 in Mabushi Area,
belongs to the foundation.
“The said property is not such that a state Permanent
Secretary in person of Mrs. Patience Jonathan can afford.
“The property should be marked as under investigation and
interim forfeiture order be secured.”
A source said the ex-First Lady is being probed in
connection with three other assets
– Plot 96(DO5) in Karsana ; Plot 7109
(E18) in Wasa; and Plot 30 (DO3) in Idogwari.
Another source added: “We have conducted searches at the
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on the two companies whose accounts were
earlier frozen alongside that of the ex-First Lady over $5.8 million which was
reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime.
“They were among the five companies and one Esther Oba said
to be having a total sum of N7.4 billion in six banks.
“But their counsel Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) succeeded in
unfreezing the account on April 6 at the Federal High Court presided over by
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun.
“This is a new investigation. It is too early to return any
verdict on the two companies because our detectives are looking into their
books.”
The EFCC had previously linked 13 properties to the ex-First
Lady in Port Harcourt and Yenagoa.
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