Bola Shagaya, Pelebo Banigo & Other Friends Of Dame Patience Jonathan Under Intense Investigations As Ex First Lady Gift Wraps Self For Official Probe By EFCC With Claims Of Ownership Of $15m In Money Laundering Case

…why her allies are scurrying further underground

Known friends and associates of former first Lady Dame Patience are officially under probe by anti corruption agency, Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Sources who confirmed this development to societynowng.com revealed it is been done very quietly.

The persons of interests were said to be formerly on the radar of the EFCC on ‘’ routine scrutiny ‘’ status.

But the ex first lady’s gift wrapping self for investigation with claims of ownership of the money in a frozen bank account in a money laundering case changed the degree of investigators interests in her friends and associates.
Hajia Bola Shagaya widely reported as best friend of the former first lady while her husband was in office and Pelebo, the wife of Ex Chairman of defunct All States Trust Bank and current king of Okpoama Kingdom in Bayelsa State are said to top the list of subjects of investigators interests in the Dame Patience Jonathan’s circle of friends.

Prior to this development Shagaya is said to have existing issues with authorities over an Abuja land swap business deal.

Though she maintained clean hands.

But the latest antics of Dame Patience has intensified EFCC’s interest in her and other identified friends and associates of the former first lady

The wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan is currently claiming ownership of a $15million in bank account credited to a company traced to former presidential aide on domestic affairs Waripamowei Dudafa in an ongoing money laundering case.

The questionably fund forms part of evidence in the prosecution of Dudafa , widely reported as a protégé of Dame Patience until the tail end of her husband’s administration.

Dame Patience had gone to court to claim ownership of the funds she tagged her ‘’hard earned money’’ , even as some of the indicted companies admit guilt in conspiring with under prosecution Dudafa to launder the $15million which the EFCC described as ‘’proceeds of theft’’ in open court.
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Societynowng.com learnt investigators interests got piqued by the claims of the former First Lady in the face of overwhelming contrary evidence on other likely hidden business dealings she has with friends and associates.

The ongoing investigations is meant to take the face off hidden wealth of the former first lady, as well as determining the ‘legality’’ of it.

‘’she just gifted investigators with proper excuse to investigate her and her acolytes’’ a source divulged.

The ongoing investigation according to sources who should known centres on direct and indirect transactions carried out by the people of interests and determining the correct nature of all their business involvements.

Sources claim already some of those concerned have started digging further underground to evade likely questionings.

This is against the background of disclosures many of them like Shagaya have shunned the limelight and stayed off public domain since the change of government that threw out the Jonathan’s from the Presidency and anti corruption investigation kicked off.

A move that appears not totally effective to evade investigators clutches…thanks to the latest antic of their patron, dame patience a source surmised.