President Goodluck Jonathan, said the acting
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, wrote a letter to
the British High Commission in Nigeria, asking the
British Government not to issue her with a visa.
Patience said this in a petition written by her
lawyers, Granville Abibo (SAN) & Co. which was
addressed to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara.
Patience said the British Government
subsequently investigated her and found her not
wanting and thereafter issued her with a visa.
The petition, which was signed by G.I. Abibo
(SAN), read in part, “In February 2017, the EFCC
through its acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu,
made a spurious report against our client to the
United Kingdom authorities and other international
bodies – all in a grand design to forestall the
renewal of her visa and other travel documents.
“The allegations against our client by the EFCC
were duly investigated by the UK authorities and
other international bodies who found the reports
baseless and thereupon issued the visa and other
travel documents to our client.”
Patience said the EFCC had gone after her
relatives including her older brother, Chief
Aseminaso Kalama, for no just cause.
Besides, Mrs Esther Oba, Patience’s relative, had
also been declared a person of interest by the
commission for allegedly operating a bank
account with $429,381.87 (N135,255,289.05) for
the former President’s wife.
Patience said the Nigeria Police Force and the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency had also
joined the EFCC in intimidating and harassing her
family, adding that the three agencies had
searched her properties at least five times.
She added, “On November 3, 2016, the EFCC
physically raided and attacked the premises of our
client and her relations situated at 2 Igbeti Street,
Maitama, Abuja, in the absence of the occupants
of the house, carting away valuable items.
“On November 30, 2016, the same premises were
raided by the officials of the NDLEA with a lorry
load of over 50 operatives under the guise of
searching for drugs kept in the house. This raid
was carried out in the absence of the occupants of
the said house. Our client’s house was broken
into and vandalised.
“On January 4, 2017, the EFCC again broke into
the said house claiming to be looking for foreign
currencies stashed therein. This was done in the
absence of the occupants of the house and
without any search warrant. The operatives raided
the house and took away whatever they fancied.”
The anti-graft agency commenced investigation
on Patience in March 2016. Although she had
never been invited by the commission, several
bank accounts linked to her with a total sum of
about N15bn had been frozen while properties
worth about N3bn had been seized by the
commission.
All attempts to speak with the spokesman for the
EFCC, Mr Wil
did not respond to repeated calls put through to
his telephone.
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