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EFCC Sends More Proof To Nail Diezani As UK, US, EFCC Harmonise Investigations

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BEVERLY HILLS, July 24, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dispatched two of its detectives to the United Kingdom (UK) with more evidence in the investigation of former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Alison-Madueke’s is being investigated alongside some former officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), which is the upstream arm of the NNPC in charge of oil exploration and production.

The anti-graft agency is investigating the ex-minister on the whereabouts of $15.8billion NLNG dividends and the proceeds of a contract worth $1.7billion involving her and two business associates.

According to sources, the United States, the United Kingdom and the EFCC are working to harmonise the investigations.

THEWILL recalls that the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the United States had released the details of the underhand deals surrounding the oil contracts bordering on the implication of the ex-Minister and two associates namely Chief Jide Omokore and Kola Aluko.

“What the DOJ released was just a fraction of corruption-related allegations against Mrs. Alison-Madueke,” an EFCC source revealed.

“More revelations will soon be out from the EFCC and after the outcome of the investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK.

“The EFCC has gone far in probing the whereabouts of about $15.8billion NLNG dividends between 2000 and 2014.

“In an audit report sent to EFCC by the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), it was indicated that ‘it is doubtful if the entire $15.8 billion due from 2000 to 2014 is still intact’.

“The funds were neither paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation nor the Federation Account.

“Also, about $7.85 billion out of the dividends was allegedly withdrawn in 2011 under the guise of funding Brass LNG Project.”

The source revealed that the anti-graft agency had also discovered more assets belonging to the ex-minister saying “we are trying to verify these assets and they will soon be confiscated in line with Section 7 of the EFCC Act.”

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