The wife of former president Goodluck Jonathan has been caught trying to withdraw the sum of $5million from her account frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
According to sources within the anti-graft agency, Dame Patience Jonathan made the move to withdraw the huge sum from her frozen account during the week.
A source within the EFCC who spoke to Sunday Punch revealed that the transaction, which was initiated at Skye Bank Plc, was stopped by officials.
The source further revealed: “We received an alert from Skye Bank during the week that Patience attempted to withdraw $5m from her personal account titled Patience Ibifaka Jonathan which is domiciled at the bank.
“We immediately told the bank not to allow any withdrawal because a ‘No Debit Order’ had been placed on the account.”