Again, Women Protest against EFCC’s Freezing of Patience Jonathan’s Accounts

Ernest Chinwo Women from the Niger Delta yesterday continued their protest against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the freezing of the accounts of former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, saying she needed the money to attend to her failing health.

The women, who were clad in black attires, took to the streets of Port Harcourt in solidarity with Mrs. Jonathan.

They assembled at the premises of the anti-graft agency in old GRA, Port Harcourt, brandishing placards with various inscriptions condemning the action of the agency.

The women who came under the aegis of Voice of Niger Delta Women (VONDW) wondered why the anti-graft agency would be unleashed on the family of former President Goodluck Jonathan when he was not the only one that had served the country in that capacity.

One of them, Chief Rita Onwunali who spoke to journalists, said they were not against the anti-graft war but it should be done within the ambit of the law.

She said it was not proper for the anti-graft agency to unleash itself on the family of former president Jonathan over mere allegations.

She said the commission should unfreeze the account of wife of the former President so she could give herself the needed medical attention, adding that the money was for her medicare.

A similar protest was carried out in Lagos on Wednesday against the EFCC for the same reason.