Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has met with United Kingdom Government officials in London, in an effort to expedite the extradition of a former Minister
of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to face trial in Nigeria.
Similarly, the commission has submitted an arrest warrant to the International Police for the processing of the extradition of another former petroleum minister, Dan Etete, who is wanted by the EFCC for his involvement in the $1.1bn Malabu oil scandal. It alleged that Rasky Gbinigie, Munamuna Seidougha , Amaran Joseph sometime in 2013, in Abuja “dishonestly used as genuine the forged form CAC 7 and Board Resolution of Malabu Oil and Gas Limited and the letter of resignation of one Mohammed Sani, which they then knew to be forged documents, to open a bank account No. 2018288005 to receive $401.5m.”
She was said to have purchased the 15-storey building, which comprises 18 flats and six penthouses, between 2011 and 2012 from the developers, YF Construction and Real Estate. The anti-graft commission also traced two apartments at the Bella Vista Court, Banana Island to Diezani. The penthouse apartments located on Block C-5, Flat 21, Plot 1, Zone N. was allegedly purchased for $350m by the ex-minister.
But the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay , confirmed that Etete’s arrest warrant had been served on Interpol, adding that it should not be difficult to extradite him to Nigeria having being earlier convicted by a French court.
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