It
is going to be hard and difficult times ahead for the former Minister of
Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke as UK investigators land in
Nigeria to gather evidence for her prosecution.
Some
investigators from the United Kingdom have visited Nigeria to gather evidence
as part of the ongoing probe and preparation for the arraignment of a former
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Diezani
is under investigation over the missing $20billion oil cash, phoney crude oil
lifting contracts, $115million poll bribery money, the $1.092b Malabu oil deal
and the N5.2billion ($25m) oil cash paid by an Indian oil firm for an oil
block.
According
to a report by The Nation, the UK team inspected the former minister’s
multi-billion naira mansion, her £600,000 exotic wrist watch and gold and
diamond jewelry which have been confiscated.
It
would be recalled that Mrs Alison-Madueke and four others were arrested in
London on October 2, 2015 by the National Crime Agency( NCA). The NCA said all
the suspects were released on “conditional police bail, pending further
investigation both in the UK and overseas”.
Also,
a London (Westminster Magistrate’s Court) on Marylebone Road had approved the
seizure of $41,000 (£27,000) cash from Mrs Alison-Madueke and restricted her
movement.
Diezani
has also been implicated in a $115m (N23, 299,705,000billion) 2015 poll bribery
scandal involving some Independent National Election Commission officials,
Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo and the bank’s Head
of Operations, Martin Izuogbe in connection with the scandal.
With
the way things are going, a prophet is not needed to forecast what the future
holds for the former minister.
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