A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has
adjourned to April 24, 2017 a suit filed by wife of former President of
Nigeria, Mrs Patience Jonathan seeking N2 billion as compensation from
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly
violating her fundamental human rights.
The former first lady, Mrs Jonathan is further asking
the court to declare as a violation of her rights the freezing of her
accounts and that of her relatives by the anti graft agency. Meanwhile,
trial judge in the matter is Justice Saliu Saidu.
Mrs Jonathan is also asking the court to compel the anti graft agency to
pay her N2bn as damages for the alleged violation of her rights, adding
that the recent invasion of her family property by the EFCC while armed
with a search warrant violated her rights to private and family life.
She wants the court to declare “that the incessant harassments of the
former first lady on the ground of her political views and for being the
wife of the former presidents who belongs to the opposition party in
Nigeria is a violation of her fundamental human rights to freedom.