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EFCC Reveals Plan To Extradite Diezani Alison-Madueke
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday revealed it’s plan to extradite the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The head of the commission in Lagos State, Abdulrasheed Bawa, noted that efforts are ongoing to arrest and extradite Alison-Madueke to face corruption charges in Nigeria.
Bawa stated this while responding to a question on EFCC’s effort to extradite the former minister on TVC news programme, ‘Your View’.
According to Bawa: “We are working on Diezani’s extradition. We have recovered over $80m properties. The matter is ongoing, and we would ensure she would be prosecuted.”
“Law enforcement agencies in the country are working to ensure she is prosecuted.”
The former Minister is being investigated by the anti-graft agency for alleged money laundering running into billions of dollars.