How Patience Jonathan made her money - Ijaw youths



Ijaw youths have slammed the Federal Government anti corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC over alleged deliberate witch-hunt against former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience.


The youths under the auspices of Ijaw ‎Youth Council (IYC) worldwide said it was unfortunate that the EFCC failed to learn from the fallout of the way it handled the case of Tompolo. President of the IYC, Engr. Udengs Eradiri said ‎the commission’s ‎indiscreet media trial of Tompolo led to the crisis in the Niger Delta that plunged the country into the current economic recession. His words, “‎I thought the EFCC by now would have begin to face squarely its jobs of fighting corruption instead of the media charade that is their usual modus operandi.

“They have not learned from the Tompolo incident instead of focusing on facts and doing their job following due process they quickly went to the media and that incident has led this country to where we are today.”

He also described as “unacceptable and illegal” to place the former first family on media trial without following due process. Dame Patience, he said like most former First Ladies made her money from gifts and gratifications adding that there was no law against such gestures. “First Ladies in Nigeria do not do any work. A woman naturally attracts a lot of gifts from men let alone a First Lady who has the power to recommend you for something. “They receive a lot of thank you and gratifications because most cases they recommend people who come back to thank them.

Even when they do not recommend, people go and say good morning with a million dollar. It did not start with Patience Jonathan. “We know how influential the former First Lady of this country and other First Ladies were. We know how powerful, rich and wealthy they are and the property they acquired as a result of gratification. “If you say Patience should show how she made her money, you must start with all the First Ladies, otherwise, it is a witch-hunt. Patience Jonathan got her wealth from thank you and there is nowhere in the law that says we should not receive thank you.

“So, EFCC should stop this nonsense. If you have issues, go and follow the due process and don’t begin to use the media to tarnish the image of the former first family,” he said. The former first family, he said, deserved respect adding that the youths would not tolerate further attacks and insults on Jonathan’s family. He said despite the humiliation Jonathan suffered from the wife of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, he never harassed the late President’s family when assumed the leadership of the country. “Jonathan should be respected in Nigeria.

You heard what happened during the time of late President Yar’Adua, Jonathan did not witch-hunt that family irrespective of the humiliation he suffered despite the position of the law. “This is a witch-hunt and the EFCC must stop this attitude because very soon, people will begin to resist them. Nigerians will get to the point where they will no longer accept it. “We support the fight against corruption. All of us know that corruption has eaten deep into our fabric, but this selective fight especially geared towards the region must not be allowed”, Eradir said.

He lamented that despite the corruption traced to the former late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha and his family, the government still approved a university for his wife. “It is in this country that they talked about Abacha’s loot, yet a university had been approved for Abacha’s wife. In this same country where they said Abacha was corrupt. So, why are you treating one former first family differently and then everybody wants to humiliate Jonathan’s family in the best of their ability. “The former First Lady, Patience, has no question to answer.

The EFCC is destroying Buhari’s anti-graft policy because when your anti-graft is beginning to show it is one-sided, it will lose credibility,” he said.

The IYC boss further asked the EFCC to go return about N23bn, $100million and other assets it seized from the former Governor of the state, late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. He wondered what the EFCC was still doing with the money when Bayelsa and other states were facing financial difficulties.

“Bayelsa State funds are in their hands, they have not returned it. Why are they keeping the funds? Are they meant to keep funds that they recovered. Why is the money not being paid into TSA if they believe they are proceeds of corruption.”
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  1. All of you people just talking rubbish ooooo. Why you guys in supporting thief. Your patience Jonathan must surely end up in jail and you can't do anything. Bunch of ogogoro people.

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    1. You better go back to school and stop this sentiment

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    2. ....And you will be in recession for ever, just some few strikes the economy is paralyzed, what happened to late President Yaradua's wife, that held the country to ransom for months, thank God we will soon have our country.

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    3. I believe the recession didn't affect you because you talk as if you're not living amongst us here in Nigeria.

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  2. IYC are just bunch of illiterate fools. So from gratification patience have millions of dollars in her numerous account, own an airline, hotels, vessels used for stealing crude etc. Y do people from south south support corruption as a way of life. I saw a rented crowd in Port Harcourt, people blinded with just 2k carrying placards in support of patience. What a shame.

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  3. It is obvious that the so called iYC are not representing the people of South south who are impoverished due to shameless bunch that called themselves as their leaders. These sponsored fools cannot reason properly due to free gift of marijuana and other drugs from the thieves. What manner of gifts amount to $20m in 5 years. IYC should give us the list of donors. So gifts can't be in naira? Thank God they are now admitting their role in the economic crisis

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  4. When the VP said avengers bombing wells, pipelines... added to cause of recession, it is you same people that shouted how can he say that? Now the loonies have come out to say plainly that they started the bombing because Tompolo was being investigated. And they grounded the country's income and will do more because of Patience. Nigerians just never cease to amaze me, how we can justify something outrageously bad because someone else did it in the past. And as for the Ibos that think the bombing in the South south is about their Biafra, poof!
    Idong B.

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  5. I wish the government can grow some balls and start shooting all this bandits on sight.The south south will not miss them.I tell people it is easy to criticize naija delta people,but once u go to that region and see the ruts over there,the fear of God will grip u.The place is a mess and all our past rulers should bury their head in shame,infact they should not feel safe walking the street of any road in Nigeria.The fact that this bastard youths are sticking up for a looter who didn't do Jack for the region while at d helm of affairs speaks volumes that this ppl do not represent d masses at-large in d south south.The military should start shooting them on sight.Confiscate the looters assets and make sure they are applied to d development of d region.Good luck,patience,Tompolo,dansuki and all others are not above d law,they should be made to feel d wrath of d law.Forget about witch-hunt,accountability has to start at some point.Every incoming administration probes his predecessor,not the administration before his predecessor.It is hard to do that in a four year term and also because his predecessor's administration would've overlapped that administration.A good argument can be made that:why stop at yar ardua's administration ? How about obj's administration ?Abacha was probed by obj,so we will skip that,how about Abdul Salam ?Ernest shonekan nko ? Ibb ?buhari idiagbon? All d way down to tafa balewa's administration.Am sure u get the drift ppl;it is impossible and u can only probe d administration before u.If probing starts now,so be it,am glad we now have accountability.I love it when thieves fights among each other.Our jail should be filled with all of them

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