Society
Out Of Sight Wealthy Woman, Bola Shagaya Back On The Lips Of High Society
…as reason and counter reasons for scampering underground rage
Information filtering in to societynowng.com revealed out of sight wealthy Nigerian, Bola Shagaya is back on the lips of high society.
The very close friend of former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan had disappeared from the scene immediately ex President Goodluck Jonathan lost his re election bid.
Shagaya was until then one of the most powerful women in the immediate past administration and People’s Democratic Party, drawing influence from been an active member of Dame Patience Jonathan’s kitchen cabinet.
She is believed to be one of the major beneficiaries of the Jonathan Administration and wielded such a level of economic and political power to transform her son to party candidate for House of Representatives- in Kwara her state- in the last general election , as well as determine who the then president Bola Shagaya
deals with from the area.
Her businesses so flourish during this era that reports hit town she bought a private jet of her own for easy travel.
‘’Her relationship with the then First lady was extra ordinary and well known’’ a source pointed out.
Digs by societynowng.com however revealed that Shagaya had enjoyed such special rapport with wives of sitting Presidents dating back to the days of Military President Ibrahim Babangida.
The only exception since the IBB’s days is the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The wealthy Nigerian dropped out of sight in the face of flurry of denials over allegations she was about to switch allegiance from the Jonathan’s to the Buhari’s when the incumbent President was about to be sworn.
She had stayed underground ever since, with not a whimper heard from her.
But she is back on the lips of High Society with talks that she is one the watch list of anti corruption agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The whispers in high society have it that as part of the raging fight against corruption, the EFCC is currently circling around Bola Shagaya.
They are said to be probing her past and on going business dealings.
Societynowng.com learnt the move is to two pronged.
How far above board were are personal transactions and whether she colluded to self enrich.
The emergence of these talks in high society has sparked off claims the socialite scampered underground to evade interests from investigators.
Though those close to her claim she went off the scene to focus on her private matters that did not get sufficient attention while she was playing ‘’member of kitchen cabinet’’ to former first lady, Dame Patience.
Her loyalist insist Bola Shagaya’s hands are clean…that all she achieved were by dints of hard work and passion for things that interests her.


