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Patience Jonathan Sues SERAP, Says $15m Is Gift

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 Wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to restrain a human rights organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, from coercing the Attorney General of the Federation to prosecute her over “unfounded and malicious allegations that she stole $15m.”

Patience claimed that the $15m over which SERAP allegedly asked the AGF to prosecute her was a gift she received over the last 15 years from friends and well-wishers.

The Executive Director of SERAP, Adetokunbo Mumuni, said in a statement on Thursday that the organisation had been served with court papers in Patience’s suit marked, FHC/L/CS/1349/2016.

According to Mumuni, the suit was filed by members of the Union of Niger Delta Youth Organisation for Equity, Justice and Good Governance on behalf of themselves and Patience.

The plaintiffs sought a court order of interim injunction restraining SERAP from using any judicial process to coerce the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to prosecute Patience for “owning legitimate private property.”

The plaintiffs also urged the court to restrain SERAP from “taking any further steps in further vilification, condemnation and conviction of the former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, in all public media.”

In the affidavit filed in support of the suit, the plaintiffs accused SERAP of engaging in a campaign of calumny against Patience.

The plaintiffs averred, “There has been a running battle between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Mrs. Jonathan with respect to the release of her legitimately earned funds, which were deposited in accounts opened in the names of certain companies by one of her husband’s aides without her authorisation.

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SERAP Seeks Court’s Permission To Prosecute Patience Jonathan Over $15m

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sought the leave of the Federal High Court in Lagos to apply for an order of Mandamus, compelling the Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami (SAN) to prosecute former first lady Mrs. Patience Jonathan over $15m unexplained wealth frozen in four companies’ accounts.

SERAP, in the suit filed on its behalf by its executive director, Adetokunbo Mumuni is asking the court to declare that the failure of the Malami to institute criminal proceedings against Mrs. Jonathan over the disputed accounts is unconstitutional and unlawful as it

contradicts and in conflict with the duties and obligations of the Respondent under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

The organisation in the suit brought under Order 34, Rules 1 (1) (a); 2, Rule 3 (1) and (2) (a), (b) and (c) of the Federal High Court Rules, 2009 and Inherent Jurisdiction of the Court argued that the Attorney General of the Federation has a duty to prosecute inte tional illicit enrichment, that is, a significant increase in the assets of a public official that he or she cannot reasonably explain in relation to his or her lawful income.

SERAP also maintained that, “By virtue of Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) the Attorney General of the Federation is constitutionally empowered to institute and undertake criminal proceedings against any person in Nigeria in respect of any offence created by or under any Act of the National assembly in superior courts in Nigeria.

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$15m Scandal: EFCC Summons Patience Jonathan’s Security Aides

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has summoned some officials of the Department of State Services, who were attached to Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, for interrogation.

It was learnt on Friday that the invitation was part of investigations into the $15m frozen in four company accounts, which Patience had laid claim to.

Sources in the EFCC told said that a letter had been written to the DSS, requesting that the officials be allowed to honour the anti-graft agency’s invitation.

A detective told said that the commission had evidence that the DSS officials had, on several occasions, deposited money into some of the accounts in Skye Bank between 2013 and 2015.

The source said, “The $15m, which we have frozen in the four company accounts was not paid into the accounts at once. The money was paid into the accounts over a two-year period.

“However, we have evidence that it was DSS officials attached to Jonathan’s wife that deposited the money. We have gathered bank documents and we have invited them for interrogation.”

When asked why Patience had not been invited by the EFCC, even after she had openly laid claim to the money and dared the anti-graft agency to invite her for questioning, another source told our correspondent that it was because the commission was trying to build a solid case.

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Korea Kicks Off $15m Model Schools In Nigeria

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Korea International Cooperation Agency, KOICA, has commenced building $15 million Model Primary and Junior Secondary schools in Nigeria. The project is in partnership with the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, and the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, MBNP, as the coordinating body. The flag-off of the project by Jangsan Construction Company, which took place at the site of Abuja Model School project, is scheduled to be completed in October 2017. Country Director of KOICA Nigeria, Mr. Jung Sang-Hoon, at the ground-breaking ceremony said Korea has set education as one of its critical areas to help Nigeria acquire effective capabilities, skills and knowledge to realise continuous national development and growth.

He said: “Local workshop and invitational training courses, which are scheduled from the summer of 2016, have also been consulted with Korean PMC Team to provide relevant capacity building programmes for key academic and admin staffs for model schools. “Particularly for local workshop, some multimedia-based training programmes, covering the areas from basics of computer education to the practical development of supplementary teaching material using multimedia tools, are aimed at enhancing the capacity of teachers for sustainable model school education at classroom-based teaching and learning. “Abuja Model School will provide standard education in multimedia environment for the development of Nigerian public school education, thereby producing very excellent students of global standard as well as contributing to sustainable development of Universal Basic Education in Nigeria.”

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Jurgen Klopp unveiled as Liverpool’s new manager, inks £15m deal

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Jurgen Klopp was unveiled as Liverpool’s new manager on Friday, succeeding Brendan Rodgers who was sacked last week.

 

The former Borussia Dortmund Manager, Jurgen Klopp signed a three-year deal with Liverpool FC at the city’s Hope Street hotel in the company of the chairman, Tom Werner, and chief executive, Ian Ayre, on Thursday night shortly after arriving at John Lennon airport in a private plane from Dortmund.

 

The final details of his deal had been agreed between club officials and representatives of the 48-year-old in Germany prior to his departure, and he was unveiled at a 10am press conference at Anfield on Friday.

 

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48-year-old Klopp is expected to earn £5m per annum, rising to £7m dependent on bonuses for a Premier League title or Champions League qualification and will also be bringing Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz, who were his assistants at Dortmund, with him for his new job at Anfield.

 

 

 

“Liverpool football club are delighted to announce Jürgen Klopp has been appointed as the club’s new manager,” said a statement. “The German coach has signed a deal to take the helm at the Reds and will be presented at a press conference at Anfield on Friday morning.”

 

 

 

Klopp replaces Brendan Rodgers, who was sacked after Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Everton in the Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park. The new Liverpool Manager had been without a job for five months after taking a sabbatical leave immediately he ended his seven-year association with Borussia Dortmund in May.