Supreme Court Affirms Interim Forfeiture Of Another N2.4bn Linked To Mrs Jonathan

Supreme Court affirms interim forfeiture of another N2.4bn linked to Patience Jonathan
Published March 15, 2019
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Ade Adesomoju, Abuja

The
Supreme Court on Friday affirmed another order of interim forfeiture
made by the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court in respect of the
sum of N2.4bn allegedly traced to the wife of former President Goodluck
Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan.

The apex court, had barely a
week ago, affirmed an interim forfeiture of the sum of $8.4m belonging
to the ex-First Lady and directed her to return to the Federal High
Court in Lagos to show cause why the fund should not be permanently
forfeited to the Federal Government.

On Friday, in a
separate appeal, a five-man bench of the apex court unanimously handed
down a similar verdict on another sum of N2,421,953,522 in the bank
account of Lawari Furniture and Bath Limited, a firm which the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission had linked to Mrs. Jonathan.

Lawari
Furniture and Bath Limited had, through its lawyers, Chief Mike
Ozekhome (SAN), filed the appeal to challenge the January 12, 2018
judgment of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, which had
affirmed the interim forfeiture order of the Federal High Court in Abuja
in respect of the N2.4bn.

Source:- Punchng