Reports online have it that the former First Lady, Patience Jonathan was reportedly blocked from accessing her newly unfrozen bank account.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court in Lagos had last Thursday issued an order unfreezing Mrs Jonathan’s account in the Skye Bank, which contains $5.8million.
It was learnt that on Monday, April 10, Mrs. Jonathan, alongside her aides went to the Skye bank’s Maitama, Abuja, branch to withdraw from the account, but she was not granted access on the ground that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained a stay of execution of the court order.
Citing a source at the bank, The Nation reports that Mrs. Jonathan had a meeting with an Executive Director of the bank, insisting that she had to withdraw from the account.
The source was quoted as saying: “The former First Lady came to our branch to collect cash from her unfrozen account but we could not honour her.
“She came at about 11am and left some minutes after 4pm. She had audience with an Executive Director of our bank.
“Her entry created a scene because she said the cash was her entitlement but we insisted that the account was still in dispute because of a pending appeal.
“There is still an application for a stay of execution. We do not want to engage in an act of subjudice.”
