Nigeria’s former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has reportedly laid claim to the $31.4 million at the center of a fraud case before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
The $31.4 million is from a fraud case the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting against former presidential aide, Amajuoyi Azubike Briggs, former Skye Bank official, Damola Bolodeoku, Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited and Avalon Global Property Development Company Limited
GUARDIAN Newspaper reports that Mrs. Jonathan filed a fundamental application against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), claiming ownership of the money. She is asking the court to make a declaration that the fund standing to the credit of four of the companies and an account in her own name in Skye Bank belonged to her.