Nigeria’s petroleum minister under the administration of immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Diezani Alison-Madueke has been released on bail after she was arrested on allegations of money laundering in London on Friday.
Alison-Madueke, who was arrested by the United Kingdom National Crime Agency is however mandated to report at Charing Cross Police Station on Monday after her passport was confiscated
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It is understood that the Seizure Organised Crime Agency within the National Crimes Agency of the UK arrested Alison-Madueke and are probing the allegations against her.
Similarly, operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were in a massive search of Alison-Madueke’s house in the capital Abuja on Friday.
Alison-Madueke arrested in London: Reports
Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria’s presidency circle and another with links to her family said.
Alison-Madueke, who was arrested by the United Kingdom National Crime Agency is however mandated to report at Charing Cross Police Station on Monday after her passport was confiscated
.
It is understood that the Seizure Organised Crime Agency within the National Crimes Agency of the UK arrested Alison-Madueke and are probing the allegations against her.
Similarly, operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were in a massive search of Alison-Madueke’s house in the capital Abuja on Friday.
Alison-Madueke arrested in London: Reports
Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria’s presidency circle and another with links to her family said.
Alison-Madueke was minister from 2010 until May 2015 under former president Goodluck Jonathan, who was defeated by Muhammadu Buhari at the election in March.
Buhari took office in May promising to root out corruption in Africa’s most populous nation where few benefit from the country’s enormous energy resources.
A police spokesman in London said he had no record of such an arrest. The National Crime Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a short statement on its website, the NCA said its International Corruption Unit had arrested five people across London on suspicion of bribery and corruption offences on Friday, without naming the suspects.
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