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A  former United States Ambassador to Nigeria , John Campbell , has described former President Goodluck Jonathan ’s wife , Patience, as being arrogant and flamboyant when she was Nigeria ’s first lady .
In a piece he wrote on Friday , ‘Nigerian President Buhari ’s Sisyphean Efforts ’, and posted on Council on Foreign Relations ’ website , Campbell also wondered how Jonathan ’ s wife became wealthy having spent most of her life as a civil servant.
The ex- US envoy stated , “Patience Jonathan as the first lady was flamboyant, arrogant , and widely disliked . She has yet to be convicted of a crime . However , it is curious how a person who spent most of her career in public service could accumulate an acknowledged $ 35 million in a poor country .”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is currently investigating Jonathan ’s wife and has frozen four bank accounts belonging to her , while some property belonging to her have been seized . Among other actions taken by the EFCC was the freezing of Jonathan ’s $35 m .
The former first lady also claimed that the EFCC had frozen bank accounts belonging to some of her relatives , including that of her late mother , and accused the anti- graft agency of waging a “psychological war ” against her for supporting Jonathan ’s re -election bid in 2015.
Speaking on President Muhammadu Buhari ’s anti -corruption fight , Campbell said , “There is pushback against President Buhari ’s anti -corruption campaign , especially among the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Some claim that Buhari is using the EFCC to go after his political enemies. In the predominately Christian parts of the country , there are also murmurs that the anti- corruption campaign is part of a Muslim effort against Christians .
“The Committee on Public Petitions in the House of Representatives has issued a warrant for the arrest of Magu( EFCC boss ) because of his failure to appear before them with respect to a petition by Patience Jonathan . The committee ’s move appears to be led by southern , Christian , PDP representatives .”
According to him , there is a tradition in Nigeria of presidents using the EFCC and other anti- corruption agencies against their political enemies.
“While it is true that under President Buhari , most of the high - profile investigations have been of PDP former officials in the Jonathan administration who are predominately Christian , these people were also , of course, in positions where they could loot public funds . Further, Christians dominated the Jonathan government , though the EFCC has also investigated Sambo Dasuki , Jonathan ’s Muslim national security adviser , who remains under house arrest ,” Campbell noted . ""