Chidi Samuel || The wife of Nigeria’s former President, Mrs. Patience Jonatan has filed a fundamental right enforcement suit for N2bn against the Economic and Financial rime Commission(EFCC) at the federal high court Abuja.
In the suit which has been assigned to Justice John Tsoho, Mrs. Jonathan is asking for damages and compensation for the sum of N2bn from the anti-crime agency for violation of her fundamental human rights as enshrined in the constitution.
The former first lady alleged in the suit that the EFCC has incessantly harassed her through negative media publications, denigrating and degrading her person as corrupt, without any invitation, trial or conviction by a court.
She wants the court to declare that the said harassment is a violation of her rights under section 37 of the 1999 Constitution.
Mrs Jonathan is also seeking a declaration that the “indiscriminate” freezing of her bank accounts and those of her relatives by the EFCC under the guise of investigation of proceeds of crime, without any invitation or interrogation by the respondent is a violation of her rights to own property and to fair hearing guaranteed under sections 44 and 36(1) of the 1999 Constitution.
She further asked for “an order of court restraining the EFCC or any person acting on its behalf from further violating” her fundamental rights.
The case is scheduled to come up for hearing on November 16, 2017.