The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the wife of the former president Goodluck Jonathan had filed the suit in June to challenge her alleged incessant harassment by the anti-graft commission.
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At the resumed hearing, Mr Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) announced to the court of his readiness to move his client’s application.
Justice John Tsoho, however, refused to entertain the suit on the grounds that the respondent was not represented in court.
The suit was brought pursuant to Order 2 Rule 1 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules 2009 and Sections 34(1), 36(1), 37, 42 and 44 of 1999 Constitution as amended.
The applicant is praying for an order for general damages and compensation in the sum of N2billion.
She averred that the amount would serve as compensation for the violation of her fundamental rights by the commission.
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Mrs Jonathan is also seeking a declaration that her incessant harassments by the EFCC through negative media publications aimed at degrading her person as corrupt had sufficiently violated her rights.
She alleged that the commission’s malicious campaigns against her were carried out by the respondent without prior invitation to defend herself.
Mrs Jonathan further averred that the respondent’s actions were not offshoot of her trial and conviction in any courts of competent jurisdiction.
She said her rights and good public image had been violated under Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution as a result of the respondent’s untamed actions.
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She is also seeking a declaration de-freezing all her bank accounts and those of her relatives held down by the EFCC under the guise of investigation of proceeds of crime.
The applicant averred that the commission had without her invitation and interrogation approached a court to freeze those accounts.
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