– Comrade Timi Frank has said that Nigeria’s
ex-First Lady, Patience Jonathan is not above
the law

– The scribe of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), said Dame Patience is not above the law
– Timi Frank has asked the ex-First Lady to go
clear her name before the EFCC

Chief scribe of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Comrade Timi Frank has said that there is nothing
wrong in trying Patience Jonathan for alleged fraud.
The acting National Publicity Secretary of the APC,
Comrade asked Nigeria’s former First-lady, Dame
Patience Jonathan to go clear her name before the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
rather than resorting to under-hand tactics to
armtwist the anti-graft agency into doing her
bidding.

Frank in a statement issued Sunday, September 25
in Abuja, said the immediate-past First-lady is not
above the law, describing as shameful, threats by a
Niger Delta militant group and the protest at the
Port Harcourt zonal office of the EFCC in support of
Mrs Jonathan, over the freezing of her dollar
account containing about $31.4 million.

“My candid advice to Mrs Patience Jonathan is to
apologize to Nigerians for the current economic
hardship which Mr Jonathan’s regime could have
easily averted instead of sponsoring shameless
protests against the government; anyway,
Nigerians are still waiting for the apology” , he said.
The statement warned the youth to desist from
such shameless act of defending politicians for a
pot of porridge, adding that the present APC
administration is fighting corruption so as to
secure the future for them.

Frank, a native of Bayelsa state, said it is surprising
that Mrs Jonathan had such an amount of money in
her custody while people from her region were
dying from water-borne diseases, saying, it took
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for
example, to recently commission a water project
even in Otuoke, Bayelsa state, the hometown of
former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“The show of shame called protest at the Port
Harcourt office of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission EFCC to demand the
unfreezing of Mrs Jonathan’s dollar accounts was
uncalled for and there is nothing wrong if the
former first lady explains the source of $31.4
million to the anti-corruption agency.
“The country is at present going through recession
as a result of the mismanagement of the economy
left behind by Patience Jonathan’s husband-led
administration which APC is working hard to
correct as soon as possible.
“It should be made clear that there is nothing
wrong for EFCC to invite Mrs Patience Jonathan for
questioning if the organization suspects a foul play
in accumulation of such big amount of money.
“Again, the era of being above the law is over. This
is a change government of accountability where the
rule of law is paramount. The number four citizen
of this country today, Senate President Bukola
Saraki, whose office is prominently recognized by
the constitution is facing trial not to talk of one
former first lady which the Nigerian constitution
does not recognize.

“Again, we should also remind those who have
forgotten that a national leader of APC, who was
once the vice president of this nation, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, was once investigated. So, why must
Mrs Jonathan’s case be different?
“We call on the leadership of the EFCC not to feel
threatened in carrying out its official duty and
ensure that whoever is caught in the web is
properly brought to book,” he concluded.

#Naij.com