However, a top official of the EFCC confirmed to THISDAY last night that Alison-Madueke was indeed, the former minister arrested by the NCA. The National Crime Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Few hours after her alleged arrest in London, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission swooped on Alison-Madueke’s house in Asokoro, Abuja in search of alleged incriminating documents.
In line with the United Kingdom anti-corruption plan, the ICU replaces the MPS Proceeds of Corruption Unit and the City of London Police Overseas Anti-Corruption Unit.
Diezani Alison-Madueke was first appointed into Nigeria’s federal cabinet in 2007.
Reuters was unable to succeed in Alison-Madueke’s private assistant or a lawyer representing her. She has beforehand denied to Reuters any wrongdoing when questioned about lacking funds and graft allegations.
A former governor of Nigeria’s central bank claimed previous year that the state-owned oil company had failed to pass on $20 billion in oil revenue to the treasury during a 19-month period from 2012.
Ordinary Nigerians, exhausted of seeing no narrowing of the West African country’s wealth gap, have been eagerly waiting to see the results of probes into the oil sector.
The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively and authoritatively report.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt she was arrested for offences related to bribery and corruption being investigated by the UK National Crime Agency. “The NCA does not confirm identity at arrest nor provide information that could be used to corroborate the identity of an arrested individual”, Joseph Abuku, Press and Public Affairs Officer, at the High Commission said.
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On Sunday, Buhari stated the prosecution of these suspected of misappropriating the NNPC’s income underneath previous administrations would start quickly.
