Again, Supreme Court upholds FG's seizure of N2.4bn linked with Patience Jonathan

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Exactly eight days after the Supreme Court upheld Federal Government's interim seizure of the $8.4million believed to be owned by ex-First Lady

Exactly eight days after the Supreme Court upheld Federal Government’s interim seizure of the $8.4million believed to be owned by ex-First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, the apex court has again agreed to a similar forfeiture of another N2.4bn linked with Mrs. Jonathan.

In the lead judgment written by Justice Amiru Sanusi, but read by Justice Sidi Bage the court upheld the order of interim forfeiture made by a High Court in Lagos on April 26, 2017, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeal, Lagos in a judgment given on January 12, 2018. The court, in the lead judgment, noted that it rarely interferes in the concurrent findings of the two lower courts, except where there are exceptional circumstances and the findings perverse.Supreme Court victory and cof fellowship

 

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Another billions? Kai, this woman n her husband really finished us in this country.terrible ppl

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