Patience Jonathan, wife of former President, Goodluck Jonathan has been ordered to pay N50,000 to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday.

The order came after Mrs Jonathan withdrew her suit against the EFCC.

Patience had in February sued the EFCC for the alleged breach of her fundamental human rights.

She had asked the court to declare as violation of her rights, the freezing of her $20m bank accounts and those of her relatives by the anti-graft agency.

She asked the court to rule that the ransacking of her family property by the officials of the EFCC was illegal and also demanded the payment of N2bn in damages.

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At the resumed hearing of the matter on Monday, Sammie Somiari who represented Mrs. Jonathan stated that he had “an instruction of his client to discontinue the matter.”

Counsel to the EFCC, Kayode Oni said Patience had a right of discontinue the case.

He however pressed for a charge of N500,000 as the cost of filing processes in response to the suit.

Justice Saliu Seidu struck out the suit and awarded N50,000 cost against the plaintiff.

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