Patience Jonathan Earned N700,000 As Perm Sec, Must Explain Source Of $15m – EFCC

​Sources within the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have revealed that former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, as a permanent secretary in Bayelsa state, earned the sum of N700,000 monthly after all deductions.

Operatives of the anti-graft agency are now said to be probing the former first lady and the source of her multi-million dollar wealth, reports The Nation.

Mrs Jonathan was appointed as a permanent secretary in Bayelsa state while her husband, Dr Goodluck Jonathan held office as Nigeria’s president.

EFCC operatives claim Mrs Jonathan’s income as a permanent secretary could not have been enough to acquire such assets as nine houses, two hotels and one plaza all acquired during her husband’s tenure as president.

Investigations had linked the following assets to the former First Lady: Port Harcourt — Former Customs Service officers mess; two duplexes at 2/3 Bauchi Street; landed property with blocks at Ambowei Street; 3 Luxury apartments of 4-bedroom each at Ambowei Street; and Grand View Hotel along airport road.

Others in Yenagoa are two marble duplexes at Otioko GRA by Isaac Boro Expressway; Glass House along Sani Abacha Expressway which is housing Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board; Akemfa Etie Plaza by AP filling Station, Melford Okilo Road; and Aridolf Resort, Wellness and Spa along Sani Abacha Expressway.

Patience Jonathan had on one occasion also claimed that the sum of $15 million traced to her accounts was legitimately received as a gift but EFCC operatives have insisted that she must name the sources of the gift.

The EFCC is yet to state categorically if it intends to seize the affected properties in line with Assets Forfeiture Clause in its 2004 Establishment Act, or not.

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