The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that it has obtained an arrest warrant and initiated extradition proceedings for the trial of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in Nigeria.
EFCC made this announcement on Monday in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, following the trial of Madueke by a court in the United Kingdom (UK).
“To bring the former Minister to trial in Nigeria, an arrest warrant has been obtained and extradition proceedings have been initiated,” Oyewale said.
“The Commission is on course on her trial. She will soon have her day in our courts.”
The Guardian reported that EFCC has welcomed with keen interest the arraignment of Alison-Madueke at the Westminister’s Court in London, United Kingdom, following alleged bribery allegations.
According to the commission, “although the charges preferred against Diezani at the London court are diametrically different from the thirteen-count charges bordering on money laundering the EFCC has raised against her. it is instructive to note that criminality is criminality, irrespective of jurisdictional differences,” the commission said.
The commission further added that no crime can go unpunished, stating that the money laundering charges for which Madueke is answerable to the EFCC cover jurisdictions in Dubai, the United Kingdom, the United States of America (USA), and Nigeria.
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