Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke will not be able to leave the United Kingdom (UK) until April, next year, The Nation learnt yesterday.

That is when the investigations into allegations against her are expected to have been concluded, Judiciary sources said.

She is expected to be arraigned before the magistrate for alleged money laundering and bribery,

Mrs Alison-Madueke was arrested last week along with four others by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA).She was granted bail. Her international passport was, however, seized.

On Monday, the London Westminster Magistrate’s Court on Marylebone Road approved the holding of the £27,000 cash seized from her, following an application brought by the NCA under the Proceeds of Crime Act in the UK.

The court also ruled that the cash can be held for six months – till April, next year when she is expected to be arraigned after investigations.

It was learnt yesterday that the court also granted the order that she should remain in London while investigations last.

Mrs Alison-Madueke will only be able to travel after an application has been brought before the court and approved.

She had previously denied any wrongdoing when it was alleged that $20b of oil money had gone missing when she was in office between 2010 and 2015

The NCA, which leads the UK law enforcement’s fight to cut serious and organised crime, is working in league with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the probe of the former minister.

Last Friday when Mrs Alison-Madueke was arrested in London, her Abuja home was raided by the EFCC.

The NCA has national and international reach and the mandate and powers to work in partnership with other law enforcement organisations to bring the full weight of the law to bear on serious and organised criminals.

The Proceeds of Crime Act says: “The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”) sets out the legislative scheme for the recovery of criminal assets with criminal confiscation being the most commonly used power.

“Confiscation occurs after a conviction has taken place. Other means of recovering the proceeds of crime, which do not require a conviction, are provided for in the Act, namely civil recovery, cash seizure and taxation powers.

“The aim of the asset recovery schemes in POCA is to deny criminals the use of their assets, recover the proceeds of crime and disrupt and deter criminality.”



www.thenationonlineng.net/court-stops-diezani-from-leaving-uk-till-next-april/

Sounds like coded jail o. Oh, oh... First ever FTC on a front-page thread, and dis is happening on my birthday. What a coincidence! Funny though.

These paid mercenaries are trying to divert the attention of Nigerians from "the present state of the Nation" to a side attraction.

How is our Economy, Security situation and political climate? These are more serious than "Diezani in London". This movie sales is now beyond expectation

LadyExcellency:
These paid mercenaries are trying to divert the attention of Nigerians from "the present state of the Nation" to a side attraction.

How is our Economy, Security situation and political climate? These are more serious than "Diezani in London". This movie sales is now beyond expectation

Authenticated pinhead...

The Nations, we are aware of this news! Hopefully, the UK government do a thorough job!


As for Nigeria front, Buhari and APC have failed Nigerians with clueless and insincere leadership! Boko Haram almost brought down Yobe state yesterday....

Deziani is going down!

I COULD SIGHT THE CHIEF WAILER ABOVE!

The case is getting interesting by the day.

I will love to see Diezani put behind bars and her assets confiscated. This woman and her accomplices bled Nigeria financially.

TonyeBarcanista:
The Nations, we are aware of this news! Hopefully, the UK government do a thorough job!


As for Nigeria front, Buhari and APC have failed Nigerians with clueless and insincere leadership! Boko Haram almost brought down Yobe state yesterday....

Really?!
You must be referring to GEJ and PDP...those are the clueless ones.
And Boko Haram brought down Several states and almost ruined Nigeria under them...
We are still trying to recover from their mismanagement and ineffective leadership.

These guys thinks we are fools just like their gullible followers. Why are they not reporting the Orosanye trial? What happened to the Halliburton and Siemens scandal that implicated past presidents and top APC leaders and a certain Aisha Buhari? What and Fasholagate? The panel in Rivers has just accused Amaechi of stealing #53 billion just between 2014-2015. Trying to bamboozle us with a stale news about a Deziani they can't even ascertain the charges against her can't fly no more. Nigeria under pic is presently in shambles with no actual direction with terrorism earlier curbed now escalating within 4 months of APC misrule. Nigeria can't make any form of progress with his type of targeted propaganda being pursued to hide their failure.

Femolacaster:
Deziani is going down!

People go down every day.

I mean six feet below the earth's surface.

@least 37 people went down yesterday.

Putting an end to that is far better than arresting and sentencing 500 Diezanis.

sigmundfreud:

Really?!
You must be referring to GEJ and PDP...those are the clueless ones.
And Boko Haram brought down Several states and almost ruined Nigeria under them...
We are still trying to recover from their mismanagement and ineffective leadership.

Yea....... You are right.


That's why Buhari purifies them with his body language and hands them back to Nigerians.

Reading through the comments above one can easily identify 'the enemies of the state' (the unrepentant wailers), as usual they are crying about how the PMB led administration is diverting attention from the economy by compelling media houses and UK government to report Diezani's case in their warped reasoning.
Some have turned reporters of boko haram's activities in the North East from the comfort of their beds and how the economy is bleeding without them probably participating in the process.
Haba, you guys should learn how to play opposition. You just don't cry for everything that passes by, even the problems you caused, you often cry about it.
Personally i supported PMB candidacy for his anti-corruption stance so anything less than that will disappoint me.

TonyeBarcanista:
The Nations, we are aware of this news! Hopefully, the UK government do a thorough job!


As for Nigeria front, Buhari and APC have failed Nigerians with clueless and insincere leadership! Boko Haram almost brought down Yobe state yesterday....

Pulheeese! just leave Bokoharam out of this thread nd let's just talk about DIEziani cos she's not coming home anytime soon, they just gave her till April when her cell room go ready.

Na style they wan use detain her be that..

Aufbauh:
Reading through the comments above one can easily identify 'the enemies of the state' (the unrepentant wailers), as usual they are crying about how the PMB led administration is diverting attention from the economy by compelling media houses and UK government to report Diezani's case in their warped reasoning.
Some have turned reporters of boko haram's activities in the North East from the comfort of their beds and how the economy is bleeding without them probably participating in the process.
Haba, you guys should learn how to play opposition. You just don't cry for everything that passes by, even the problems you caused, you often cry about it.
Personally i supported PMB candidacy for his anti-corruption stance so anything less than that will disappoint me.

Motion in bold is hereby seconded...

Been a PMB faithful since 'O7, then BH was just a rag tag machete wielding radical sect, it is @tonyebarcanista's hero's incompetence & enabling corrupt ways that transformed them into ak47,rpg wielding monsters...

Aswear, that inept jona is the punishment for the twins that were murdered before mary slessor came to stop that practice.

Lol. nice one.

This kind arrest tho. Abeg make london police come arrest me put for london untill further notice. #nobejailo

Those who are with Buhari are so much more than those against him.

How the tables have turned.

God bless Nigeria, God bless Mr President - A man of the people.

Change we can see, there is hope again.

TonyeBarcanista:
The Nations, we are aware of this news! Hopefully, the UK government do a thorough job!


As for Nigeria front, Buhari and APC have failed Nigerians with clueless and insincere leadership! Boko Haram almost brought down Yobe state yesterday....

Now you're trying to deflect attention. No act of terrorism is too little, but how does sporadic gunshots in Geidam and head on battles in a little less than 5 towns amount to an "almost brought down"? I think Yobe witnessed worse during Jona's regime... and this is not politicking.

Watin concern mii..

If them like make them hold am Till Buhari completes his tenure, e still no change the matter say my account dey go dormant on Friday..

No escaping for the thief. Good for her, if she comes here a jungle justice may do the trick

Nation newspaper...Specialists in Propaganda

Over 32 people died yesterday in Yobe state...
No single report....What's wrong with our Media houses? Brown envelope journalism has become the order of the day.....
I weep for this nation!

Need need her in nigeria to come n face Probe fa

TonyeBarcanista:
The Nations, we are aware of this news! Hopefully, the UK government do a thorough job!


As for Nigeria front, Buhari and APC have failed Nigerians with clueless and insincere leadership! Boko Haram almost brought down Yobe state yesterday....

with this thinking you are definitely a failure in real life

egift:
No escaping for the thief. Good for her, if she comes here a jungle justice may do the trick

seconded

As if holding her will stop the boko haram insurgency, but it won't. *hiss*

Tallesty1:
People go down every day.

I mean six feet below the earth's surface.

@least 37 people went down yesterday.

Putting an end to that is far better than arresting and sentencing 500 Diezanis.

Nigerians, like you, don't know what they want. While BH's bombs are limited to the NE, the effect of the allegations raised against this woman, if true, has put more Nigerians in bondage and sent a whole lot more to their graves.

Why are we like this? Do we realise how much corruption costs us? 50 billion dollars can change the fortunes of any country in the world.

LastProphet:


with this thinking you are definitely a failure in real life

And on social media.

TonyeBarcanista:
The Nations, we are aware of this news! Hopefully, the UK government do a thorough job!


As for Nigeria front, Buhari and APC have failed Nigerians with clueless and insincere leadership! Boko Haram almost brought down Yobe state yesterday....

You are just a nonentity trying to be relevant in the scheme of 'life'. Whichever way you decide to outshine your clueless hero, you will always be equivalent to total failure.

Some people r looking for visa to uk, some are being stoped from leaving uk... Hmm it is well

lol