The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has asked six commercial banks to free accounts operated by former first lady, Patience Jonathan.
The committee chaired by Rep. Uzoma Nkem-Abonta (Abia-PDP) made this statement recently.
The concerned banks are Union Bank, First Bank, EcoBank, Diamond Bank, Fidelity Bank and Skye Bank.
“We received a communication from EFCC to put a precautionary restriction on the account. The letter was dated March 21, 2016, so we had to act based on that,’’ he said.
“Until EFCC proves otherwise, I’ll ask you to remove the precautionary restriction on the account. Let me tell you, whatever you’ll do, you must follow the law. A bank can’t hold a legal entity to ransom.
“I want to order all other banks that all the accounts that have no specific pending order from the courts, please release them.’’ the committee chairman said.
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