The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the suspect will be put on trial as soon as investigation is concluded
Browsing: Diezani Alison-Madueke
Justice Muslim Hassan issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking the forfeiture of the money as proceeds of crime
Justice Muslim Hassan fixed the date after hearing arguments from counsels representing parties in the suit
Jonathan was said to have collected the bribe along with his then Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke
Court documents filed late last month in the city of Milan outline a case against 11 people, including senior executives from the two oil majors and the companies themselves
In an affidavit filed in support of the application, an EFCC investigator, Moses Awolusi, claimed that the anti-graft agency discovered the fund through its investigations and communication between Alison-Madueke and a former Fidelity Bank Managing Director, Nnamdi Okonkwo
Jibrin recalled how Alison-Madueke met with a senior member of the body of Principal Officers in House of Representatives at the Residence of a Lebanese in Aso Drive, Abuja to collect bribe in order to protect her in the House of Representatives
Peters was declared wanted for his alleged role in the $115 million bribe given to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the build-up to the 2015 election
Yero was arrested on Tuesday by EFCC operatives
Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, was alleged to have been given N840 million from the money
Some of the people invited and grilled by the EFCC included Senator Chris Anyanwu and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ahamba (N700m); a former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the last dispensation, Ambassador Aminu Wali (N950m); and a former Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Muhammad (N500m)
The Bank equally said it was cooperating with investigators probing the cash deposit, part of which was said to have been given to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, election monitors and others connected with the 2016 presidential poll
The initial probe of the arms scandal by the EFCC covered only $2.1 billion
The House reached the conclusion to summon Alison-Madueke on Monday and a letter to that effect had been sent to her
Madueke, a retired Admiral of the Nigerian Navy and former Chief of Naval Staff, was picked up in Abuja on Wednesday morning by EFCC operatives over alleged money laundering to the tune of $600,000 through his personal accounts
Oniwon told the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Crude Oil Swap that a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, merely granted the “extension” of an earlier contract
Alison-Madueke’s family lawyer, Oscar Onwudiwe, debunked the report that the former minister was dead
On top of her problems, she’s having a running battle with the most dreaded form of cancer of the breast and she’s had to undergo surgeries to remove the lumps and later some chunky tissue. The treatments have not been that successful and it’s been a ding-dong affair for this once ebullient and elegant lady
Most startling to Nigerians is not merely the level and amount of resources wasted and stolen, but more despicable and impulsive is the level of impunity and manner with which majority of the public office holders in the Jonathan administration carried out such indecency and anomalies against their country and her citizens
This was contained in a statement signed by Chairmen of the committees, Senator Paulker Emmanuel (PDP-Bayelsa Central) for Upstream and Senator Magnus Abe (PDP-Rivers South-East) for Downstream, in Abuja on Friday