The Asokoro, Abuja residence of the immediate-past Minister
of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Friday, was stormed by
operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in what has
been described as part of a multinational investigation of the former minister.
Vanguard reports that Diezani was arrested in London,
UK, today, by the newly formed International Corruption Unit (ICU) of the
country’s National Crimes Agency.
The agency announced on its website on Friday that it
had arrested five people “across London” as part of an investigation into
suspected bribery and money laundering offences but stopped short of naming the
suspects.
The operations it was gathered were being coordinated with
several international agencies because of the “sensitive” nature of the
investigation.
EFCC made “significant recovery” of documents at the Abuja
of the former minister, a senior security source informed.
“The raid on her Asokoro residence today (Friday) yielded
vital information that will help in the prosecution of the case,” the source
said.
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