EFCC freezes Patience Jonathan's friend account, Bola Shagaya, found 500mill in it

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen a bank account belonging to Mrs. Bola Shagaya, a businesswoman which Forbes Magazine described as one of the wealthiest in Africa, 

 

Details of the report reveals that Shagaya, who is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bolmus Group International had her account frozen because of her links with Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

 

Shagaya’s account with Unity Bank with a balance of N500m was frozen after the EFCC alleged that she made suspicious payments into bank accounts belonging to Patience, who has been under EFCC investigation for about six months.

 

A source at the EFCC said, “When we were investigating Patience and looking into her accounts, we discovered that Bola Shagaya had been making huge and regular payments into her (Patience’s) bank account.

“We then discovered that the monies were kickbacks. The Ministry of Trade and Investment gave suspicious commission to Shagaya’s company on every crude oil sent abroad. The commission was put in an account for Bola Shagaya. The money will then go to Patience’s account. So we started investigating her.

“We were able to trace the N500m to her account at Unity Bank. So, we placed a ‘No Debit Order’ on the account.”

The source said when Shagaya realised that her account had been frozen, she rushed down to the bank and tried to use her position as a board member of the bank to lift the restriction.

The detective added, “When she heard about the restriction, she ran down to the bank to stop the order from being carried out. We then called the bank to let them know that doing such would amount to a criminal conspiracy. At that point, she had no choice.”