Patience Jonathan storms Skye Bank for cash withdrawal after Account unfreezing

Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan on Monday arrived the Skye Bank PLC, Maitama, Abuja to make a cash withdrawal from her unblocked account.

Mrs Jonathan's visit to the bank followed a fresh order of a Federal High Court in Lagos lifting the order of interim forfeiture placed on her account with the bank.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had alleged that the account with over $5 million  (about N1.8 billion) is a proceed of corruption, but the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday directed that the freeze order on the account be cancelled. 





The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had in November 2016 filed an application before the court, seeking an order freezing the account.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the former first lady was at the  Bank branch on Monday until 4:05 p.m. when she departed. She declined to speak to reporters who sought to know why she was at the bank.

A source, however, told NAN that while at the bank, Mrs Jonathan briefly met an Executive Director of the bank.

One of her aides, who declined to disclose his name, told journalists that “everything was okay.”