Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has cleared the air through his spokesperson, Ikechukwu Eze declaring that he has no account or property abroad.
The reaction followed moves by the Buhari administration to subpoena bank records of Jonathan and that of his wife, Patience.
It is worthy of note that on March 5, 2014, during the swearing in of new ministers, Jonathan said “I am loyal to Nigeria’s economy. I don’t have accounts or property abroad.”
It insisted that between that time and the present, nothing has changed about the former Nigerian leader.
Aside Jonathan and Patience, the Nigerian government is also searching for bank records of Diezani Alison-Madueke and Rilwanu Lukman.
Both were, at different times, former Minister of Petroleum Resources in Africa’s biggest country.
Financial institutions that have been contacted include Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and New York branches of Deutsche Bank AG and United Bank for Africa Plc.
Nigeria wants all documents concerning any transactions to, from, or for the benefit of the Jonathans from 2009 till date.
Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, was quoted as saying that information retrieved will assist investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to know individuals in the Process & Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID) gas deal.
