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Thursday, August 31, 2017
Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been ordered by a Nigerian federal high court to immediately forfeit the funds held in local bank accounts.
Alison-Madueke is facing corruption allegations after having $21 million seized by federal court judge Abdulazeez Anka from accounts linked to her. She has been implicated in bribery, fraud, misuse of public funds and money laundering cases in the UK, Italy, Nigeria, and the US since she left the Ministry of Petroleum.
“Nigeria’s anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which accuses Alison-Madueke of corruption, argued in the Lagos court that she had illicitly laundered the funds with the help of top oil officials,” Al Jazeera reported.
The court also ordered an interim forfeiture of 56 houses linked to the former minister, valued at $9 million.
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