MRS Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum, visited the
Charing Cross Police Station in London, United Kingdom, on Thursday, according
to TVC.
According to TheCable, The former minister was detained at the station
in October when the UK National Crime Agency arrested her on suspicions of
bribery and money laundering.
The Westminster magistrates’ court later granted her bail, but seized
her passport while she was asked to report at the station on October 5 but she
did not.
The court seized £27, 000 from her, while the agency applied for three
separate cash detentions in the names of Diezani, Beatrice Agama (her mother)
and Melanie Spencer, a Swiss national.
During her ordeal in the UK, operatives of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) carried out a search on her Asokoro, Abuja, residence.
A senior security source had informed TheCable that the raid yielded
vital information that would help in the multinational investigation of one of
the most powerful people in the administration of former President Goodluck
Jonathan.
“The raid on her Asokoro residence yielded vital information that will
help in the prosecution of the case,” the source said, adding that “many
agencies across several countries are involved in the investigation. Anti-money
laundering agencies in Austria, France, Switzerland, Nigeria and UK are working
together on it.”
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