Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday temporarily stopped the Federal High Court in Abuja from hearing an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking an order of interim forfeiture of two properties traced to her in Abuja.
Usually, such ex parte applications are heard by courts without the knowledge or participation of the other parties whose properties are at stake. But somehow, Patience’s legal team led by Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) got wind of the fact that the EFCC’s ex parte motion was to be heard by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on Thursday.
The legal team quickly filed a motion challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear the ex parte motion and also attended court on Thursday to block the hearing.
Justice Dimgba was set to hear the EFCC’s motion on Thursday but had to adjourn until November 11 after Adedipe and Mike Ozekhome (SAN), appearing for Mrs. Jonathan, argued that the ex parte could not be heard since their client had filed an application challenging the court’s jurisdiction to entertain it. The EFCC was represented by Best Ojukwu and Tahir Sylvanus.
After the back-and-forth arguments between the EFCC’s and Mrs. Jonathan’s legal team, the court fixed November 11 for the hearing of the applications.
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*Last last,she must return what does not belong to her!
They should free this woman na
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DeleteMadam Jonathan no peace for you.
ReplyDeleteReturn all you stole mama peace and you will have real peace.
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ReplyDelete@don,no peace for you too@stella,she will return what she stole from you abi,@charity albino,she will return what ur mom and dad kept for you abi...una well done
ReplyDelete@don,no peace for you too@stella,she will return what she stole from you abi,@charity albino,she will return what ur mom and dad kept for you abi...una well done
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