Nigeria to seize $40 million of jewellery, gold iPhone from ex-minister

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Nigeria to seize $40 million of jewellery, gold iPhone from ex-minister

 

FILE PHOTO: Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Diezani Alison-Madueke addresses delegates at the opening of the Nigeira Oil & Gas 2014 conference in Abuja, March 18, 2014, REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

 

ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court has ordered the imminent seizure of $40 million (£32 million) worth of jewellery and a customised gold iPhone belonging to former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, the country's anti-graft agency said on Friday.

 

The items, including hundreds of bangles, rings, earrings, necklaces and watches, were found at a property owned by Alison-Madueke, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement.

 

Alison-Madueke, who ran the petroleum ministry from 2011 to 2015, was charged by the EFCC in absentia with money laundering in 2017. Her whereabouts are unknown, and a London-based lawyer who has represented her did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

The order gives the EFCC 14 days to print the charges in any national newspaper and allow for her or "anyone interested in the items" to show why they should not be permanently forfeited to the federal government.

 

In 2017, a court allowed the government to permanently seize a $37.5 million apartment block she owned in an upscale Lagos neighbourhood.

 

(Reporting By Felix Onuah; Writing by Libby George; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-06

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[worgeordie]

No cash ,Swiss bank accounts

regards Worgeordie

[sammieuk1]

Just an amateur scammer hey general ???? 

[expatfromwyoming]

Having had dealings with her in the past I can assure you she is one bent piece of work- fleecing in tandem with her boss Goodluck Jonathan and erstwhile sidekicks Aluko and Omokore. And she has a particularly sexy way of saying "Scratch my back…". Some say she reaped $20 billion from companies with English and US companies featuring prominently.

The spoils, and ironies, of corruption???? They are novices here when compared with Ms Madueke

[dabhand]

It really is a joke with the banks making it more and more difficult for Joe Public to open and operate accounts nowadays, yet allow multi-millions / billions to swish around the accounts of such obviously corrupt government ministers.

They give the semblance of making internal checks on such individuals via their 'compliance' controls and KYC process. Yet these corrupt practices continue and increase, as is seen with the unveiling of the multi billion USD 1MDB scandal in Malaysia and the many international banks that turned a blind eye to the obvious shenanigans. Mostly in the interests of enhanced bonuses - particularly Goldman Sachs.

Until the complicit banks are fully brought to account for allowing such thieving to take place, it will continue.

So it will continue.........

[klauskunkel]

That's my money. 

I have the emails.

[TEFLKrabi]

30 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

That's my money. 

I have the emails.

Yeah. How many people they’d replied to those emails now?

[KhunBENQ]

Taking away the iPhone?

That's cruel

[Isaan sailor]

Where can I get one of those golden iPhones?

[Pique Dard]

so why people keep saying the world be better off if they were more women in power?