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EFCC uncovers fresh $72.8m linked to ex-petroleum minister

Akinwande Soji-Ojo by Akinwande Soji-Ojo
December 16, 2021
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EFCC uncovers fresh $72.8m linked to ex-petroleum minister
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has uncovered a fresh sum of $72.87 million allegedly linked to Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources.

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This was contained in a statement issued by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday.

According to EFCC, the amount was discovered in a Fidelity Bank account, adding that Nnamdi Okonkwo, a former managing director of the bank, has been arrested over the development.

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“As part of the ongoing investigations into the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, allegedly over an additional $72, 870,000 million still in the coffers of the bank.

“Okonkwo, who is currently the Chairman of First Bank Holding, alongside others, had earlier been grilled over a sum of $153 million and $115 million by the Commission.

“While all the $153 million was recovered by the EFCC, the cases involving $115 million, as it relates with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, bribery matter, are in various courts.

“Okonkwo and Charles Onyedibe are  currently being detained by the EFCC over the whereabouts of the new $72.8m,” the statement read.

Alison-Maduaeke, who had fled the county shortly before former President Goodluck Jonathan handed over to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, is alleged to have stolen $2.5 billion from the Nigerian government while serving as minister.

She has, however, denied the allegation, while the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has since commenced a process to extradite her.

The Federal Government had secured the forfeiture of Alison-Madueke’s properties located in Banana Island Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, including 18 flats and six penthouses.

Other items forfeited by the minister include 125 wedding gowns, 13 small gowns, 41 waist trainers, 73 hard flowers, 11 suits, 11 invisible bras, 73 veils, 30 braziers, two standing fans, 17 magic skirts, six blankets, one table blanket and 64 pairs of shoes.

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