Lai Mohammed, minister of information, on Tuesday said that
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was not probing Patience
Jonathan, former first lady, for claiming ownership of $34.1m in a case where
the anti-corruption agency had given a freezing order.
The former first lady recently approached the Lagos federal
high court claiming ownership of the sum seized by the EFCC.
Speaking with journalists in Kwara state while reacting to
insinuation that the former first lady was being persecuted by the EFCC. Mohammed explained that it was only after she
took ownership of the aforementioned sum that another $5 million was
discovered.
“If you look at the history of Mrs. Patience Jonathan’s
issue, I think she was the one that came out to claim that the money found in
the accounts of one of the aides to the former President, her husband, belonged
to her,” Mohammed said.
“It was not the EFCC that claimed so. She claimed that the
money that the guy was being prosecuted for belonged to her. It was only then
they later found an extra $5m in another account.
“It is not as if anybody has gone out to probe Mrs. Jonathan
directly or indirectly. Rather Mrs. Jonathan was the one that said ‘that money
for which you are accusing Mr. X actually belongs to me.
“So, you cannot start talking of prosecution or
persecution.”
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