{"id":9928,"date":"2016-12-08T10:39:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T09:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=9928"},"modified":"2016-12-08T10:49:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T09:49:27","slug":"former-first-lady-mrs-jonathan-petitions-house-of-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/former-first-lady-mrs-jonathan-petitions-house-of-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"Former First Lady, Mrs. Jonathan petitions House of Reps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s House of Representatives yesterday, received a petition from the former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n<p>According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the petition presented to the House by Rep. Lovette Idisi, (PDP-Delta), had the Mrs. Jonathan alleging that she was being \u201cincessantly harassed\u201d by the EFCC.<\/p>\n<p>In his comment, Idisi said that the former First Lady was presumed to be innocent until proven guilty as enshrined in Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis petition is in line with Section 36 of the 199 Constitution, where every citizen of the country is presumed innocent until proven guilty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Speaker, the constant harassment of the former first lady is a petition emanating from her which was sent to my office.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019With the leave of the house, I seek your permission to lay the petition before the house,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>After Idisi laid the petition, the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, referred it to the Committee on Public Petitions.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court Lagos, on Wednesday, adjourned till Jan. 18, 2017, hearing in a suit by former first Lady, Patience Jonathan, seeking enforcement of her fundamental rights.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Jonathan had instituted the fundamental rights suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, claiming the sum of $200m as damages for inconveniences suffered.<\/p>\n<p>In her suit, she also joined Skye bank Plc, and a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Warampo Dudafa as respondents.<\/p>\n<p>Also joined in the suit are four companies namely: Pluto Property Ltd, Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Ltd, Transocean company Ltd and Globus Integrated Service Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:NAN<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s House of Representatives yesterday, received a petition from the former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). 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