EFCC Traces N2.1bn To Patience Jonathan’s Late Mother’s Account

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it has traced a whopping N2.114bn to the bank account of Magel Resort Limited, which was allegedly owned by Mrs. Patience
Jonathan and her late mother, Mama Charity Oba.Patience, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, had last week, filed a N2bn fundamental human rights suit against the EFCC, accusing the anti-graft agency of subjecting her to psychological trauma, unnecessary persecution and going as far as freezing her late mother’s accounts.
However, an interim report of the EFCC, accused Mrs. Jonathan of perpetrating fraud through some of her non-governmental organizations.
In the report, the anti-graft agency claimed that at least N17bn, including funds from some government agencies, were paid into the accounts of Mrs. Jonathan’s NGOs.

The report states, “Another company owned by Mrs. Jonathan is Magel Resort Ltd. It was incorporated by Mrs. Jonathan’s late mother. But Patience Jonathan became the sole signatory to the account of the company by board resolution upon the demise of her mother.
“Though registered as a resort agency, sources at the EFCC disclosed that the agency was probing the circumstances in which the firm secured over N200m IT contract from the National Information Technology Development Agency.
“The contract was allegedly bankrolled through the National Information Technology Development Fund. Several other persons under investigation for money laundering by the anti-graft agency were discovered to have made payments into the company’s account including an hotelier in Central Area, Abuja, who has been invited for questioning.
“The total sum allegedly laundered through the account of Magel Resort Limited, owned by Mrs. Jonathan and her late mother, is put at N2.114bn.”