One
of Africa's wealthiest women, Mrs. Bola Shagaya is in trouble as the
EFCC has frozen her N500 million account with Unity Bank.
One of Africa's wealthiest women, Mrs. Bola Shagaya
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen a bank
account belonging to Mrs. Bola Shagaya, a businesswoman which Forbes
Magazine described as one of the wealthiest in Africa, Punch reports.
Details of the report reveals that Shagaya, who is founder and
Chief Executive Officer of Bolmus Group International had her account
frozen because of her links with Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of
former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Shagaya’s account with Unity Bank with a balance of N500m was
frozen after the EFCC alleged that she made suspicious payments into
bank accounts belonging to Patience, who has been under EFCC
investigation for about six months.
A source at the EFCC said, “When we were investigating Patience
and looking into her accounts, we discovered that Bola Shagaya had been
making huge and regular payments into her (Patience’s) bank account.
“We then discovered that the monies were kickbacks. The
Ministry of Trade and Investment gave suspicious commission to Shagaya’s
company on every crude oil sent abroad. The commission was put in an
account for Bola Shagaya. The money will then go to Patience’s account.
So we started investigating her.
“We were able to trace the N500m to her account at Unity Bank. So, we placed a ‘No Debit Order’ on the account.”
The source said when Shagaya realised that her account had been
frozen, she rushed down to the bank and tried to use her position as a
board member of the bank to lift the restriction.
The detective added, “When she heard about the restriction, she
ran down to the bank to stop the order from being carried out. We then
called the bank to let them know that doing such would amount to a
criminal conspiracy. At that point, she had no choice.”
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