Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan lost her bid to
overturn the temporary decision of a lower court that ordered the Federal
Government to seize her $8.4 million.
A five-man panel of the Supreme Court today in Abuja upheld
the order of temporary forfeiture made by a Federal High Court in Lagos in
respect of the money linked to her by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC).
In a judgment on Friday, the court unanimously declared that
the appeal filed by Jonathan was without merit. The court ordered her to go
back to the lower court to justify her ownership of the money to prevent its
permanent forfeiture to the Federal Government.
