The Ibrahim Magu led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced another sum of N2.114bn to the bank account of Magel Resort Limited allegedly owned by Mrs Charity Oba the late mother of former first lady Mrs. Patience Jonathan.
The EFCC in a document made available to Sahara reporters had accused the former first lady of perpetrating fraud through some of her non-governmental organizations.
EFCC in the documents states “another company owned by Mrs. Jonathan is Magel Resort Ltd. It was incorporated by Mrs. Jonathan’s late mother. But Patience Jonathan became the sole signatory to the account of the company by board resolution upon the demise of her mother”.
Sources at the EFCC disclosed that the agency was probing the circumstances in which the firm secured over N200m IT contract from the National Information Technology Development Agency.
The contract according to source was allegedly bankrolled through the National Information Technology Development Fund. Several other persons under investigation for money laundering by the anti-graft agency were discovered to have made payments into the company’s account including an hotelier in Central Area, Abuja, who has been invited for questioning.
