Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday granted a fresh ex-parte application ordering the forfeiture of 5.8million dollars belonging to a former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, according to NAN.
It would be recalled that just yesterday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) withdrew a motion before a Federal High Court Lagos for stay of execution of a judgment which unbarred the account of a former first lady, Patience Jonathan.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun had on April 6 lifted the ban on the account after Jonathan’s lawyer, Mr Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), challenged the propriety of EFCC’s action.
He had challenged the commission for joining her in a suit, which he said, she was not a party to, and urged the court to unfreeze Jonathan’s account.
Dissatisfied with the unfreezing order, EFCC had filed an application for a stay of execution of the order as well as a notice of appeal challenging the judgment.
The two applications, according to EFCC counsel, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, were dated April 6 and filed on April 7.
At the resumed hearing of the case on Tuesday, Oyedepo informed the court of his agency’s intention to withdraw the two applications.
He did not give reasons for the withdrawal. Following the withdrawal of the applications, Adedipe confirmed service of the application for withdrawal on the defendants.
He equally informed the court of his intention to withdraw Form 48 (notice of Committal to prison) and Form 49 (Committal to prison), which he said, was filed against Skye Bank in anticipation of a failure to obey the order of the court.
After the submissions of both counsel, Olatoregun granted the withdrawal of both the EFCC’s two applications and Patience Jonathan’s Form 48 and Form 49 respectively.
source: tori news
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