For the umpteenth time, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has appealed to the United Kingdom to extradite Mrs.Diezani Alison-Madueke, ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, to Nigeria to come and state what she knows about humongous public monies traced to her by the commission’s investigators.
Magu made the passionate appeal at a press conference, Sunday, in Kaduna, reiterating that Mrs. Alison-Madueke diverted “not less than $2.5bn” for personal use.
Stating that Nigeria needed the money to boost the economy, the EFCC boss regretted that the former minister, who is alleged to be under protective custody in London, had “a generation of looters supporting her,” on the heist.
“I was in London this year,” Magu continued, “we did an investigation together with the UK team, and anywhere I go I always call for the extradition of corrupt Nigerians to return (stolen) money.
“This woman (Alison-Madueke) has stolen so much, not less than $2.5bn, but unfortunately she has a generation of looters who are supporting her. This is not good.
“We are in touch with the international community, she is under protective custody, otherwise, we would have arrested her and bring her to Nigeria.”
Magu, who enthused that corruption would be defeated in Nigeria, informing that in 2019, the EFCC secured 1,218 convictions.
“We will not allow corruption to work here in Nigeria because it is destructive and disastrous. We blocked several accounts,” Magu affirmed.
