The House of Representatives on
Wednesday received a petition from the former First Lady, Mrs Patience
Jonathan, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
In the petition presented to the House
by Rep. Lovette Idisi (PDP-Delta) the former first lady alleged that she
was being “incessantly harassed” by the anti-graft agency.
Commenting on the petition, Idisi said
that the wife of former President,Good luck Jonathan was presumed to be
innocent until proven guilty as enshrined in Section 36 of the 1999
Constitution as amended.
She said, “This petition is in line with
Section 36 of the 199 Constitution, where every citizen of the country
is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
“Mr Speaker, the constant harassment of the former first lady is a petition emanating from her which was sent to my office.
“With the leave of the house, I seek your permission to lay the petition before the house.”
After Idisi laid the petition,the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, referred it to the Committee on Public Petitions.
(NAN)
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