An application seeking the forfeiture of the frozen $15,591,700, claimed by former First Lady, Patience Jonathan will be filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

A senior official of the anti-graft agency said the commission was planning to file a suit compelling Mrs. Jonathan to forfeit the money.

He said, “The four companies, in whose accounts the monies were lodged, have pleaded guilty to money laundering. We are therefore filing an application, seeking the complete and total forfeiture of the money to the Federal Government.

“The $15,591,700 should go (be deposited in) into the Treasury Single Account of the Federal Government of Nigeria.”

The EFCC had frozen four Skye Bank accounts linked to four companies and containing $15m.

The accounts were linked to a former Special Adviser to the President on Domestic Affairs, Waripamowei Dudafa who opened them with the names of his domestic staff, however, Patience Jonathan had laid claim to the money, stating that it was for her medical bills.

Mrs. Jonathan had sued Skye Bank and urged the court to order the EFCC to lift the restrictions on the accounts.

The four companies, Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited; Seagate Property Development & Investment Company Limited; Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited and Avalon Global Property Development Company Limited were on Thursday arraigned alongside Dudafa,  Amajuoyi Briggs and Adedamola Bolodeoku.

The companies pleaded guilty to conspiring with Dudafa and others to launder the sum of $15, 591,700 on November 13, 2013.

But Patience Jonathan has said the EFCC hired mercenaries to plead guilty to money laundering, in an attempt to confiscate her “hard-earned” money.