Dame Patience Jonathan storms bank after court unfreezes her account

Mrs Jonathan's visit to the bank
reportedly follows a fresh order of a
Federal High Court in Lagos lifting the
order of interim forfeiture placed on
her account with the bank.
It was  reported that the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
had alleged that the account with over
$5 million is a proceed of corruption,
but the court ruled against it.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) also
reports that the former first lady was at
the bank until 4.05 pm when she
departed but declined to speak to
hordes of reporters who sought to know
why she was at the financial house.
A source revealed that while at the
bank, Mrs Jonathan briefly met an
executive director of the bank while one
of her aides, who declined to disclose
his name, told newsmen that
“everything is okay.”
The judge of the Federal High Court,
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, had
recently set aside the ‘No-Debit Order’
which the EFCC earlier placed on the
account on allegations that the money
found in it was a proceed of crime.
Reports say she actually wanted to
withdraw up to $1 million but got only
$100,000 and this forced her to return
to the bank where he held a meeting
with the top official.
It was learnt that Mrs Jonathan was
hindered as the EFCC had procured a
stay-of-execution of the judgement and
simultaneously filed an appeal against
the judgment by Justice Mojisola
Olatoregun.