A Federal High Court in Lagos has frozen multiple accounts in five Nigerian banks allegedly belonging to former first lady, Patience Jonathan over allegations of money laundering.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun made the request solidifying the records in the wake of listening to an exparte application documented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at some point in November.The request, as per the Commission, covers Mrs. Jonathan's records in Ecobank Plc, Skye Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Diamond Bank Plc and Fidelity Bank Plc.
The counter unite office said that the move to ask for the solidifying of the records got to be distinctly vital after it got insight report, which demonstrated that the records should be examined.
The ex-parte application to solidify the records was upheld by a beginning summons promised to by one Abdulahi Tukur, an agent of EFCC, and documented under the steady gaze of the court by the EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo.
It asked for the court to desperately coordinate the supervisors of the ledgers to, in the meantime, relinquish the cash in the records, to avert additionally messing with same.
In the wake of issuing the request, Justice Olatoregun guided the counter join organization to go into an endeavor to pay harms to the previous first woman on the off chance that things being what they are the request ought not have been made.
One of the record, domiciled with Skye Bank plc, is said to have an adjust of $5,316.66.
Likewise influenced by the request are five organizations in particular; Finchley Top Homes Limited, Aribawa Aruera, Magel Resort Limited, AM-PM Global Network Limited and Pansy Oil and Gas Limited.
Likewise influenced is one Esther Oba who is said to have an adjust of $429,381.87 in her Diamond Bank account while the organizations all in all have an adjust 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).
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