A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has received an order from Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, to the freeze multiple accounts of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, over suspected proceeds from crime. One of the account, domiciled with Skye bank pls, has a balance of $5,316.66.
this is sequel to a further affidavit in support of Ex-parte originating summons sworn to by Mr. Abdullahi Tukur, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and filed before the court by EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo requesting the court to urgently direct the managers of the bank accounts contained in the schedule filed with the summons (FHC/L/CS/1343/16) to, in the interim, forfeit the money in the accounts, to prevent further tampering with such.
Als affected by the order are five companies which include: Finchley Top Homes Limited, Pansy Oil and Gas Limited, Magel Resort Limited, AM-PM Global Network Limited and Aribawa Aruera.
Finchley Top Homes Limited is alleged to have fraudulently open account number 1102001996 domiciled with Eco Bank plc and has a current balance of N226,376,700.23 and a fixed deposit with a balance of 1,099511,484.88.
The company also fraudulently opened other accounts. These are account 1771731336, domiciled with Skye Bank and with a current balance of N14,173,848,85; Fidelity Bank account 4011019539 with a current balance of N1,800,494,000; Stanbic Bank account 0016901361 with a current balance of N40,594,12.88; and Diamond Bank account 0019213687 with a current balance of N39,418,712.12.
Aribawa Aruera Reachout Foundation opened account number 1222014221 with Eco bank and has a closing balance of N479,893,431.01, while Magel Resort Limited accounts (4011019546/5250059782) with Fidelity Bank has a subsisting balance of N1,000,494,000. The company also operated two other accounts (1011744356) in Zenith Bank, which has a balance of N858,923,982, and 0024351590 with Diamond Bank and has a balance of N174,166,207.00.
The account opened by Pansy Oil and Gas Limited at Fidelity Bank (/4011019577) has a current balance of N1,809,666,494.68, while that at Diamond Bank (0026838491) has a balance of N55,930,024.50. While AM-PM Global Network Limited opened account number 0026718889 at Diamond Bank and has a balance of N55,930,024.50.
Also affected is one Esther Oba, who has a balance of $429,381.87 in her account while companies collectively have a balances totaling N7,414,829,290.94 ///////9seven billion four hundred and eighteen million eight hundred and twenty nine thousand two hundred and ninety naira ninety four kobo) in six commercial banks.
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