Patience Jonathan Charged to Court

Following her decision to host the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) summit in Abuja on Friday, May 15, as against June, which is the scheduled date, First lady, Patience Jonathan has been handed a law suit.


The plaintiffs, whose suit was submitted at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, prayed the court to restrain Patience, from holding the emergency meeting.

The plaintiffs also said the meeting organised by the incumbent first lady was intended to scuttle the chances of the first lady-elect, Aisha Buhari, from becoming the President of the mission.

Leadership newspaper listed the plaintiffs to include; Nana Module Onwodi, Ekemma Ugborough Arisa, Louisa Ono Eikhomun, Deborah Oboh, Juliet Mene, Juliet Pearce, Sonia Adolf and Kate Duru.

The court will be sitting today to hear the application to stop the meeting.

The case would have been heard yesterday (Wednesday) but was moved to today (Thursday) because the procedure for proof of service had not been completed.