Contrary to
reports in a section of the media, former first lady, Dame Patience
Jonathan, has said that the police searched her family house, not her
brother’s, and described the search which occurred late on Wednesday,
January 4, 2016 as an embarrassment to her person.
Dame Jonathan, who spoke through her
lawyer, Charles Ogboli, claimed that nothing incriminating, only cheque
books, including one from Diamond Bank, were found in the premises and
not the money that they sought.
According to the legal practitioner, the
police claimed they were forced to search the premises as a result of
the security man’s attitude, even as the former first lady decried the
embarrassing situation where the building was searched in the absence of
the occupant.
“EFCC came last year and conducted a
search in the absence of the occupant of the house. The NDLEA also
searched the same building. This also happened last year between
November or thereabouts. It is an embarrassment,” Mrs. Jonathan said.
“I don’t know what they are actually
looking for. Why are they searching a premise in the absence of the
occupant? It appears there is something they want to do there.”
Going further, she added: “Today, it is
not EFCC, but in the past, from November 2016, EFCC raided the place. It
is a family house meant for the brothers and sisters; the siblings. It
is a family house of the former first lady in Maitama, Abuja.
“EFCC raided the place last year.
Thereafter, NDLEA raided the place and throughout their raid, they found
nothing incriminating. Today, I got information that there were several
policemen numbering about 20 to 28 of them.”
Ogboli said: “So, when I got there, I
demanded to see the leader of the team and I was directed to an
assistant commissioner of police, who was in mufti and known as
Williams. I asked him which of the command are you from and he said they
were from IG’s Special Unit. Somebody also in mufti intervened and said
they are from the AGF, Attorney General’s office.”
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