EFCC moves to seize Diezani’s properties in the US

There are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has started the process of seizing assets traced to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deziani Alison-Madueke in the United States.

According to a source in the EFCC, the anti-corruption agency has traced some properties in the US to her, which were bought through fronts like her business associates.

It would be recalled that the EFCC has been investigating Diezani over alleged $10.3bn slush funds.

In the process of the investigation, her associates, Kola Aluko and Chief Jide Omokore were interrogated by the EFCC obtaining a Mareva injunction to seize some properties and freeze banks accounts traced to the two businessmen.

The source also disclosed that the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, recently returned from the US where he spent one and half weeks discussing with American officials on how to attach the properties.

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The source said: “We have submitted relevant documents to the US authorities in order to facilitate the seizure of the assets.”

By Timothy Enietan-Matthews

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