FG seeks Jonathan, Diezani’s foreign accounts’ details
The Federal Government has asked a court in New York, the United States of America, to compel 10 foreign banks to release to it account details of former President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Patience, and the then Minister of Petroleum Resources in his administration, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. But Jonathan on Tuesday denied owning a foreign bank account. Bloomberg reports that the banks from whom the Federal Government is seeking the documents include, Citigroup and JPMorgan, as well as the New York branches of Deutsche Bank AG and United Bank for Africa Plc. The Federal Government’s request was contained in an application filed at the foreign court on March 24 asking for the bank documents. The Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, is said to have asked for the bank documents in its bid to overturn the P&ID $9.6bn judgment. The $9.6bn award was issued against Nigeria and in favour of P&ID in a January 31, 2017 ruling of a London arbitrati