The Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre, yesterday stormed the Lagos Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to demand the immediate arrest of Mrs Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, on grounds of alleged corruption.
Members of the group who went en mass to the commission also demanded a comprehensive probe of the campaign fund of the All Progressives Congress (APC) they expended during the last general election.
One of the major placards they were toting read, ‘We demand the arrest and prosecution of Patience Jonathan, and the probe of APC Campaign fund. No sacred cow in the anti-corruption crusade.’ Other placards read, ‘We want all looters in prison’, ‘We demand the immediate arrest of Patience Jonathan’, and ‘We demand the immediate probe of APC campaign funds’.
Asides the protest, the group had gone with a petition, which they handed over to the commission, urging it to expedite action and bring defaulters to book.
In response, EFCC Deputy Director of Operations Iliyasu Kwarbai, who received the protesters assured them that Mrs. Jonathan, would not go scot-free if found guilty of corruption.
