$153 Million, 80 Houses Recovered From Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani —E F C C Chairman

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said the commission has recovered $153 million from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who has been living in Britain since leaving office, according to some information.

He also said the anti- corruption agency reclaimed no fewer than 80 luxury properties and real estate  valued at $80m.

This was contained in the April edition of the EFCC magazine, EFCC Alert. He noted that efforts were ongoing to extradite Alison-Madueke to answer to her crimes in the country.

“There are several cases surrounding Diezani’s case. I was part of that investigation, and we have done quite a lot. In one of the cases, we recovered $153 million. We have secured the final forfeiture of over 80 properties in Nigeria valued at about $80 million. We have done quite a bit on that,” he said.

“The other case, as it relates to the $115 million INEC bribery, is also ongoing across the federation. We are looking forward to the time we will, maybe, have her in the country, and, of course, review things and see what will happen going forward. The case has certainly not been abandoned.’’