EFCC vs PATIENCE JONATHAN; COURT ORDERS A STAY OF PROCEEDING ON FORFEITURE ($5.8m)

The wife of Former Nigerian president, Patience Jonathan has succeeded in staying proceedings in

the suit seeking the final forfeiture of the sum of $5.8 million seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The suit has been temporarily put on hold as her counsel, Mr Mike Ozkehome, informed a Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos today that the appeal on the interim order of forfeiture has been fixed for July 5 and a “stay proceeding” of the matter has been entered at the court of appeal.

He added that the lower court cannot decide the merit of an appeal, saying that it would amount to an affront for a lower court to disregard the process of the appellate court served on it.