Malami reiterated the resolve of the government to recover more funds, having signed several treaties to facilitate the return of stolen assets.
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“My Lord, the process of getting the defendants to come to court has proven difficult,” the agency’s lawyer, Mr. Ojogbane, told the court.
The groups alleged that there was plan by the Commission to release funds meant for the development of the region to individuals and groups under spurious guise.
“The investigators such as the EFCC and the ICPC must come into this matter. They must investigate transparently and release the report of that probe.”
“We believe that the inconsistencies being thrown up by the startling revelations from the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources include some of the issues which the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) seeks to address and redress.”
“As things are now, there is no need for that since the UK government is already investigating her and government will not take any decision that will jeopardise what the UK government is doing,” he said.
EFCC stated that its efforts to interrogate her over the allegations had been abortive as her lawyer, John Binns of BCL Solicitors, refused to allow the commission’s team of investigators, led by Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, to meet with her in the UK earlier in March this year.
Alison-Madueke, who is reportedly under treatment for cancer in the United Kingdom, has been named in several corruption and embezzlement cases in Nigeria.
“We have informed the UAE authorities that from our investigation, we believe Diezani bought the properties with the proceeds of crime. The whole process is still ongoing but with the MLAT, signed by President Buhari, it has made work a lot easier for us.”
“The Nigerian anti-graft agency has opened communication with the United States and Swiss authorities with a view to getting the interim forfeiture order given in Abuja registered for enforcement.”