Admin l Tuesday, July 11, 2017
ABUJA, Nigeria – Dame Patience Jonathan,wife of former president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has hired assassins to kill her.
The First Lady made the allegation in a letter she wrote through her lawyer, Granville Abibo (SAN) & Co,to the House of Representatives to complain about harassment by the EFCC.
She told the lawmakers that he had survived two assassination attempts on her life, believed to have been championed by the anti-graft agency and begged the lawmakers to save her.
Sshe said two attempts were made on her between February and April, 2017.
“There have been assassination attempts, at least twice, between February and April, 2017, against our client ostensibly by the operatives of the EFCC along the Yenagoa-Mbaima Road, Bayelsa State, in furtherance of its unlawful actions against the former first family,” the letter stated.
“The EFCC and its agents have repeatedly bugged the personal telephones of our client and her relations through its many operatives and has inundated her with numerous threatening calls and text messages,” the former president’s wife alleged.
Mrs. Jonathan aslo accused the officials of the FIRS of vandalizing her properties in her hotel located in Bayelsa state two months ago.
The letter added, “On May 3, 2017, officials of the FIRS, in a convoy of about 20 trucks and over 70 personnel, raided our client’s NGO – Aridolf Jo Resort Wellness and Spa Limited – situated at Kpansia Expressway, Bayelsa State, and orchestrated a massive destruction of personal properties belonging to our client without any lawful court order or search warrant and caused mayhem there under the guise of trying to collect unpaid taxes without following any due process provided by law to do so.”
