Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to
report that the Federal Government has requested his account statements and
that of his wife, Patience, from banks in the United States.
Nigeria is requesting “all documents concerning any
transactions to, from, or for the benefit” of Jonathan and his wife between
2009 and the present day.
Bloomberg had reported that the statement of accounts of
Jonathan, his wife; former Ministers of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke and
Rilwanu Lukman, were being demanded from 10 US banks by the Federal Government.
Court documents quote Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general
of the federation, as saying information contained in the document will help an
ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to
know individuals in the Process & Industrial Developments Ltd gas deal.
A statement issued behalf by Jonathan’s spokesman, Ikechukwu
Eze said the former President’s attention had been drawn to international media
reports to the effect that the Federal Government of Nigeria hada subpoenaed
bank records for him and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan in the United States
of America.
“We aver that the Federal Government of Nigeria did not
contact Dr. Jonathan or his wife before issuing these subpoenas. If they had,
we would have advised them of the fact that you cannot subpoena what does not
exist.
“We also remind the public that on March 5, 2014, during the
swearing in of new ministers, then President Jonathan said “I am loyal to
Nigeria’s economy. I don’t have accounts or property abroad.”
“We are confident in stating that between that time and now,
nothing has changed with regards to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. He has no accounts
in the United States of America, and encourages US authorities to cooperate
fully with the Federal Government of Nigeria’s subpoena,” the statement said.
According to the statement, “we would also like to state
that during his tenure as President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan extended
every courtesy to former Presidents and Heads of state, because he believed and
still believes that promoting, projecting and protecting Nigeria’s sovereignty
and image is the paramount duty of her government, because it is not possible
to belittle Nigerians without belittling Nigeria.
“Finally, we state that the signing of the P&ID contracts
preceded the Jonathan administration, and that that government gave appropriate
counsel to the incoming government in the handover notes of 2015, which advice,
if carried out, would have prevented the current unfortunate circumstances.”
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