At the recent 50th birthday celebrations of Madam Josephine Ozekhome, wife of a top-shelf legal practitioner, Mike Ozekhome SAN , Dame Patience occupied the special guest seat, helping to add more colour to the already colourful ceremony. Folks are saying that the madames of Nigerian high society intend to continue to cosy up to Dame Patience, for better or for worse, and in light of the rumours that her husband might re-emerge presidential candidate in the upcoming elections.
In short, things are looking good for Dame Patience Jonathan, although she has never been in want of friends. Nevertheless, this is the most stable climb for the former First Lady since , and it is going really well. Like this: Like Loading Latest News. He was widely praised for being the first incumbent to give up power voluntarily in Nigeria since its independence in His successor, Muhammadu Buhari, vowed to tackle corruption in the government.
Mrs Jonathan said that unlike other former first ladies with pet projects seeking to help the less privileged, her NGOs were "being subjected to indefinite probe and microscopic scrutiny by the Buhari administration".
EFCC head Ibrahim Magu had linked her to all sort of "fake possession and properties around the country", it added. Mrs Jonathan's vehicles had been attacked on the road four times since and the couple's house in Abuja "was vandalised allegedly by security agents sent by government to secure it, and the items stolen are yet to be recovered", said a statement issued by her media aide and published in full by Nigeria's privately owned Vanguard newspaper.
The statement urged President Buhari to order that the harassment should stop. In September, the Committee on Public Petitions in the lower parliamentary chamber, the House of Representatives, asked six banks to unfreeze her accounts, saying it had been done without a court order, local media reported at the time.
The EFCC had ordered that the accounts be frozen as it investigated corruption allegations against her. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former first lady Dr. The Police in Bayelsa State have arrested Mr.
Victor Oba, a cousin to a former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, for attempting to kill his ex-lover, Seigha Atia. Court orders final forfeiture of funds linked to Patience Jonathan. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday ordered parties to file affidavit disclosing what transpired in appellate courts Supreme Court upholds interim forfeiture order on another N2.
Patience Jonathan, seeking to upturn the interim forfeiture
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