A federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till October 7 to hear a motion seeking the final forfeiture of the $5.78 million and N2.4 billion linked to Dame Patience Jonathan.
Justice T.G Ringim fixed the date after taking arguments from counsel to the parties in the matter. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed the application for forfeiture in 2017 before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun.
The defendants are Mrs. Jonathan and LA Wari Furniture and Bathes. According to the anti-graft agency, the funds belong to the ex-First Lady. x
The money was sad to be warehoused in Skye Bank Plc and Ecobank Plc. Justice Olatoregun, on April 26, 2017, ordered the temporary forfeiture of the funds, following an ex-parte application by the EFCC.
Court adjourns Patience Jonathan s case over $8 4m final forfeiture suit to October 7
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Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians that the country will surmount the challenges confronting it.
Osinbajo gave the assurance at an inter-denominational Church service, held in Owerri on Sunday, as part of activities marking Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s one year in office.
The Vice President said that the Federal Government had put in place measures to tackle Nigeria’s challenges head on, adding that Nigerians were greater than any problem.
“Let me say to Imo people and Nigerians that the Nation is passing through challenges, but in the midst of these challenges, we have done a lot, and we are mightier than our problems.
Seeing the merriment and jubilation with which the family of Mike Ozekhome celebrated the 50th birthday of their matriarch, Lady Josephine Ozekhome, makes one wonder if Tolstoy was right to say that happy families are all alike.
It does not at all seem like there is a Nigerian family happier than the Ozekhomes. The birthday ceremony was organised by the Senior Advocate of Nigeria himself, Mike Ozekhome. Held at his Chambers in Abuja, the event played host to several prominent figures, all of whom sang songs and tirelessly applauded the celebrant.
Among the guests were former Nigerian First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, popular Kogi senator Dino Melaye, and several others. Unsurprisingly, Dame Patience won the special guest seat on account of her age-long friendship with the Ozekhomes.