A federal high court in Lagos has unfrozen the Skye bank account of Patience Jonathan containing $5.8 million.
The order of the court was sequel to an application argued by Adedayo Adedipe, counsel to the former first lady.
Adedipe urged the court to unfreeze the account on the grounds that Jonathan was not a party in the suit leading to the order made by the court.
Adedipe while citing judicial authorities contended that the order was an abuse of court process as the court had no jurisdiction to make an order against a party that is not a party in a suit filed before the court.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which initiated the suit leading to the order made by the court freezing the account did not file any response to the application filed to discharge the order.
Mojisola Olatoregun upheld the submission of Adedipe and discharged the order freezing the account.
Sometime last year based on an application filed before the court by EFCC, the court ordered that the account of Jonathan containing $5,8 million domiciled with Skye bank should be frozen on the ground that the money was suspected to be proceeds of crime.
-The Cable
