Earlier this month, the (EFCC) froze Dame Jonathan's Skye Bank account, containing about $31m, after it emerged that large sums of money had been regularly deposited in it while her husband was in office. In response, Dame Jonathan wrote to the acting chairman of the EFCC Ibrahim Magu, saying the cash was for the payment of the medical bills she incurred in London in 2013.
However, the IYC said it was unfortunate that the EFCC failed to see that its indiscreet media trial of ex-militant leader Government Ekpuompolo led to the crisis in the Niger Delta. They said it was unacceptable, immoral and illegal to place the former first family on media trial without following due process.
IYC president Udens Eradiri said Dr Jonathan’s wife like most ex-first ladies, made her money from gifts, insisting that there is no law against such gestures. He said youths would not tolerate further attacks and insults on Jonathan’s family, adding that the former president deserved respect.
Mr Eradiri added: “First ladies in Nigeria do not do any work. A woman naturally attracts a lot of gifts from men, let alone a first lady, who has the power to recommend you for something. They receive a lot of thank you and gratifications because most cases they recommend people who come back to thank them.
"Even when they do not recommend, people go and say good morning with a million dollar. It did not start with Patience Jonathan. We know how influential the former first lady of this country and other first ladies were and we know how powerful, rich and wealthy they are and the property they acquired as a result of gratification."
According to him, despite the humiliation Dr Jonathan suffered from wife of the late ex-President Musa Yar’Adua, he never harassed the late president’s family. He added that despite the corruption traced to the late ex-head of state, General Sani Abacha and his family, the government still approved a university for his wife.
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