The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has revealed why Mrs. Esther Oba, a sister to Nigeria’s
former First Lady, Patience Jonathan was arrested at the Airport on Monday.
Oba was arrested at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport Abuja by officials of the Nigerian Immigration
Service, NIS, while she was returning from Dubai with her family.
She was subsequently handed over
to the EFCC.
A statement by the EFCC said
Oba’s name tallied with one of the frozen accounts of the former First Lady as
she was the sole signatory to the account.
The statement said, “From our
findings, the closing balance in the account was N317,397,458.26 as at August
10, 2017.
“The inflows came without a clear
narration as to the source. However, investigation is being intensified in that
direction.
“Her claim is that the company
was owned by their mother who is deceased. However, major inflows into the
account occurred after the demise of their mother, Mrs. Esther Fynface Charity
Oba.
“She claimed that transactions
were continued by her late brother, Mr. Tamuno Mohammed Tonye (who was buried
in December 2017), but in an attempt to regularise the account at the advent of
the BVN, a board resolution was submitted to Stanbic IBTC requesting that
Esther Oba should be the signatory to the account.”
The EFCC said about N350 million
naira flowed into the account between March and May of 2016.
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