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| EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Osyabj: 4:12am On Aug 24, 2016 |
Ex-minister ‘acquired properties in associates’ names’ Former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is likely to lose some United States properties traced to her. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is probing Mrs Alison-Madueke for over $10 billion slush funds. It has initiated a process for the seizure of the assets – in line with United States laws. EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu has just returned from the United States where he discussed with the authorities how to attach the properties, The Nation learnt yesterday. In the last one year, the EFCC has traced assets and items worth about $10billion to Mrs. Alison-Madueke and her business associates, Mr. Kola Aluko and Chief Jide Omokore. Some of the assets include an $18million peoperty (over N6.3billion at N350 exchange rate) in Abuja. A top EFCC source, who spoke in confidence, said: “We have located some assets allegedly owned by Diezani and some of her business associates in the United States. We are already collaborating with the US Government to attach these assets. “In fact, the EFCC chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, spent about one and a half weeks in the US to work with the relevant agencies to trace Diezani’s properties, some of which are believed to have been secured through business fronts like Kola Aluko. “We have submitted relevant documents to the US authorities in order to facilitate the seizure of the assets.” Responding to a question, the source added: “Some of these properties were acquired through some business fronts like Aluko and Omokore. “We even have a in which houses on a street in Switzerland have been traced to an associate of Diezani.” The EFCC is working with anti-graft agencies in Britain and the United States. “Don’t forget that the EFCC initially secured a Mareva Injunction from Justice O.O. Oguntoyinbo to freeze some foreign accounts and seize some assets linked with Diezani’s associates in the United Kingdom,” the source said. Accounts have been frozen in some of overseas financial institutions. They include BNP Paribas (Switzerland), LGT Bank (Switzerland), Standard Chartered Bank (London),Barclays Bank (London), Standard Energy (Voduz, Switzerland), HSBC (London), Corner Bank (Lugano, Switzerland) and Deutsche Bank (Geneva). Section 34 (1) of the EFCC Act 2004 empowers the Commission to freeze any account suspected of being used for financial crimes. The section stipulates that “the chairman of the commission or any officer authorised by him may, if satisfied that the money in the account of a person is made through the commission of an offence under this Act or any enactment specified under Section 6(2) (a)-(f) of this Act, apply to the court ex parte for power to issue or instruct a bank examiner or such other appropriate authority to freeze the account.” The National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK arrested and quizzed Mrs Alison-Madueke and four others on October 2, 2015 for alleged bribery, corruption and money laundering. Also the EFCC has interrogated five more suspects since her interrogation. The NCA last year obtained permission from a Westminster Magistrate’s Court to seize 27,000 pounds from Alison-Madueke and two other women. Although NCA detectives have visited the country this year in line with the probe, it was unclear as at press time when she will be formally arraigned in court in the UK. While the UK investigation was in progress, the EFCC uncovered another $115million poll bribery scam in which the ex-minister was implicated. But Mrs Alison-Madueke has described allegations against her as “cold-hearted” and inhuman because she is ill. Her statement said in part: “Coming at such a critical time in my life when I am battling cancer, this poorly executed propaganda bares on its face like tribal marks, a clearly malicious attempt to victimise an innocent woman in what appears an exaggerated plot to validate and give credibility to the anti-corruption crusade under Nigeria’s new regime. “People who are battling cancer or those who have lost their loved ones to this medical condition understand what I am going through at this time. “This is what makes me ponder at the cold-heartedness of those who will go any length to defame and destroy in the name of propaganda. What happened to our shared humanity? ”I have absolute regard for the law and believe that people who have breached the laws that govern societies should be made to face the wrath of the law. “But in a civilized society, a responsible government owes its citizens absolute commitment to the principles of rule of action know it.law, equity, fairness and justice. I have been wrongfully and maliciously maligned and those behind this reckless “I leave them to posterity, their conscience and above all the Almighty God who is the final judge of all.” http://thenationonlineng.net/10-3b-probe-efcc-seize-diezanis-assets-america/ 1 Like 1 Share
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| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Osyabj: 4:20am On Aug 24, 2016 |
jonathan and pdp will go down in History as the MOST corrupt criminal organization in the history of the planet. Yet suppoters of these theives are wailing..."people are hungry, dying" If 170 million Nigerians were to share this $10 Billion dollars or $2 Trillion Naira theft by this pdp/jonathan front, Ms Maduake, alone, all of us will get about N2,000,000,000.00 (Two billion naira) each!!! will there still be hunger in the land? ofcourse not!!! 82 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by LoveMachine(m): 4:37am On Aug 24, 2016 |
IT HAS BEGUN! Or as my Northern comrades would say AN FARA!  14 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Nobody: 4:40am On Aug 24, 2016 |
 no peace for thieves13 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by jamesibor: 5:03am On Aug 24, 2016 |
So EFCC will go to America, a country outside their jurisdiction and seize properties. Smh at the gullibility of some Nigerians. Another nollywood movie to keep our eyes off the ball. 41 Likes 6 Shares |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Nobody: 5:23am On Aug 24, 2016 |
EFCC TO SIZE AN ALLEGED PROPERTY IN USA?  15 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by locosis007(m): 5:30am On Aug 24, 2016 |
DIEZIANI HERE AND THERE. BEAUTIFUL DIEZIANI. YOUR CRIMES HAS COME TO HUNT YOU EVEN WITH YOU BE CANCER-STRICKEN. I REMEMBER YOU DENYING NIGERIANS ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH CORRUPTION. NOW I SEE THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE YOU WERE "SUBMERGE" IN CORRUPT PRACTICE. GEJ NOR SEND YOU THIS ONES OH... 6 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by knuckbuck(m): 5:39am On Aug 24, 2016 |
Anyone that believes this tales by moonlight will believe anything. EFCC can not just go to United States and seize anybody's property! Even the United States Government can not just seize any property without a court injunction. This is nothing but Beer Parlour talk. How many properties in Nigeria has EFCC seized? Liars! 16 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by LORDOFTHEOSU: 5:40am On Aug 24, 2016 |
jamesibor: knuckbuck: Don't you guys have the capacity to read, comprehend and understand? Did you not see the below in the report? What is in the report that make you guys think EFCC said they'll just enter the US and seize properties without the American justice system involved?  A top EFCC source, who spoke in confidence, said: “We have located some assets allegedly owned by Diezani and some of her business associates in the United States. We are already collaborating with the US Government to attach these assets. “In fact, the EFCC chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, spent about one and a half weeks in the US to work with the relevant agencies to trace Diezani’s properties, some of which are believed to have been secured through business fronts like Kola Aluko. “We have submitted relevant documents to the US authorities in order to facilitate the seizure of the assets.” 66 Likes 9 Shares |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by SamuelAnyawu(m): 5:42am On Aug 24, 2016 |
Media government for the gullible  4 Likes |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by LORDOFTHEOSU: 5:46am On Aug 24, 2016 |
byrron: Learn to read the body of a report, not just the headline before commenting. You won't die if you do 23 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by cktheluckyman: 5:46am On Aug 24, 2016 |
[quote author=LORDOFTHEOSU post=48750106] Don't you guys have the capacity to read, comprehend and understand? Did you not see the below in the report? What is in the report that make you guys think EFCC said they'll just enter the US and seize properties without the American justice system involved? A top EFCC source, who spoke in confidence, said: “We have located some assets allegedly owned by Diezani and some of her business associates in the United States. We are already collaborating with the US Government to attach these assets. “In fact, the EFCC chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, spent about one and a half weeks in the US to work with the relevant agencies to trace Diezani’s properties, some of which are believed to have been secured through business fronts like Kola Aluko. “We have submitted relevant documents to the US authorities in order to facilitate the seizure of the assets.” Bros you do not collaborate with US government.Eveb the US government can't seize anyone's property without a valid court order 7 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Amanwulu1(m): 5:50am On Aug 24, 2016 |
Does she have up to such assets? Den she must b a thief but we are waiting for real trial n not media smearing of ppl's name. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by LORDOFTHEOSU: 5:51am On Aug 24, 2016 |
cktheluckyman: See this part below “In fact, the EFCC chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, spent about one and a half weeks in the US to work with the relevant agencies to trace Diezani’s properties,” What makes you think that statement precludes the US judiciary? They're in the tracing stage for now. When they find, they of course would apply to effect the mareva injunction from the Nigerian court 28 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by agwom(m): 5:52am On Aug 24, 2016 |
I hope she will return back healthy.... |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Nobody: 6:00am On Aug 24, 2016 |
LORDOFTHEOSU: Mr body of report reader, i read the whole tales and if the headline is misleading then the body itself is obviously worthless and meant for the gullible consumption of body of report readers like you who wouldn't die either after reading the endemic junks fed to them on a daily basis. 4 Likes |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by GoodofNaija: 6:05am On Aug 24, 2016 |
If this huge amount of money was judiciously spent on infrastructure for the niger delta alone, that part of the country would be better for it today. It baffles me how a leader would allow people loot freely under his watch like this. What kind of PhD holder is this? Do you think when an individual acquires so much, he would be able to live forever and not die anymore? This is disheartening! O God, pls grant our leaders the wisdom to see beyond their present office. 9 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Yyeske(m): 6:07am On Aug 24, 2016 |
knuckbuck:Did you read anywhere in the second paragraph where it says 'in line with US laws'. Do you think the EFCC could just rush in and exert our laws there, the EFCC isn't that silly. 10 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by LORDOFTHEOSU: 6:22am On Aug 24, 2016 |
byrron: Chei!!  So after reading the body of the report like you claim, you still can't see that the commencement of a genuine and legal process is what the report tries to show irrespective of the enticing headline? Can you point to anywhere the EFCC or Magu tries to portray a false picture in the quotes attributed to them? 9 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by jamesibor: 6:25am On Aug 24, 2016 |
LORDOFTHEOSU: It's been 15 months now, same stories. Is this the first time you are hearing this story? Yet Diezani has never been charged to any court in relation to the alleged billions of dollars loot. Let them keep recycling and regurgitating stories to Keep the sheeple in line. 12 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by LORDOFTHEOSU: 6:28am On Aug 24, 2016 |
jamesibor: Is there any law in the land that says a newspaper can't milk a report for gain? Do you think news hounds should be banned from reporting news you hate to hear? Which part of Magu's trip to the US in respect of the effecting of the mareva injunction on Diezani's assets have you read from the EFCC itself before? 9 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Omotorvidosky: 6:45am On Aug 24, 2016 |
I thought she said she served Nigeria with all her strength, then why is she and others who ran away, afraid to come back to their own motherland if they indeed want us to believe they're not witchhunted? The evil that men do............. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Yyeske(m): 6:59am On Aug 24, 2016 |
jamesibor:Invariably the UK government seized her passport and still keeping her in that country for fun. 3 Likes |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by jamesibor: 7:03am On Aug 24, 2016 |
Yyeske: You see how gullible you people are. The UK dies not have Diezani's passport and the case she had with UK authorities had nothing to do with Nigeria or EFCC and the amount involved was £27,000 cash. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by jamesibor: 7:05am On Aug 24, 2016 |
LORDOFTHEOSU: What is stopping them from charging Diezani to court or applying for her extradition? |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Miranda11: 7:09am On Aug 24, 2016 |
Come ooh but is it only Dieziani that looted Govt money! What about all the past Ministers of Petroleum before her, nobody is saying anything about them or the foreign properties that they purchased! We all know that NNPC sinks of corruption, what has the EFCC done to corrupt officials there! What about all the other corrupt politicians that have used Govt money to buy properties abroad will the EFCC not probe them too! The discretionary allocation of oil blocks nkoo abi is the probing of dat outside EFCC jurisdiction? The Power sector saga under Obasanjo nkoo, Abu OBJ is now above the law! What about the Halliburton scandal, no one is saying anything about this anymore and people outside the country who were involved have long been prosecuted! The fight against corruption MUST not have any boundaries or limits as no one is above the law, every politician and past leader shld be probed and be made to give an account of their stewardship even those currently in the APC lead Govt. 2 Likes |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Nobody: 7:16am On Aug 24, 2016 |
LORDOFTHEOSU: [b]First of all you subconsciously admitted to the fact that the headline was misleading which was why you all-knowingly concluded that i made my comment ab-initio based on the headline without reading the body of the message which invariably defiles logic. If the headline is misleading, therefore the body of the message will definitely be littered with concoctions and half baked truth for the reading pleasure of its hypnotized gullible faithfuls like you whom they keep feeding with all these junks with no end in sight. EFCC have been recovering imaginary trillions and billions since this administration came into existence without any proof, its been one tale after the other to keep you guys perpetually distracted from holding your leaders accountable for the economic doom currently ravaging the country and when ever they figure out that you lots are getting over with the hangover deceits, they pour on more misleading tales of liquor to keep you and your likes perpetually intoxicated with fables in other to keep you hibernating endemically. I know you and your kind can be baited with consistent fables that is why you will deliberately ignore a headline that is spelt out with blatant falsehood but joyously digest its context without qualms nor any form of retrospection.[/b] When will you stop regurgitating over these EFCC tales? 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Funlordjnr: 7:19am On Aug 24, 2016 |
LORDOFTHEOSU: You even have time to be trying to educate highly trained wild animals! 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by BlackSeptember: 7:20am On Aug 24, 2016 |
Funny dudes suffering from numerical diahoreea. Calling billions of dollars like big fools. How much was Nigeria budget plzz 1 Like |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by BlackSeptember: 7:25am On Aug 24, 2016 |
LORDOFTHEOSU:What about her London assets that we ve been hearing that's worth 100billion pounds Continue being a zombie while the government sweeps the Zamfara Christian killings under the carpet and keep you busy with propaganda 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by a2personal2013: 7:27am On Aug 24, 2016 |
I thought Dubai was closers to naija than the US. The mansions discovered in Dubai was purchased by someone's salary yet others cannot get properties from their own salary... EFCC is a disgrace to this nation and I am sure this so called Magu with end up like his predecessors. Corruption can never be fought effectively if these Daura operatives continue to turn blind eyes to only certain kind of corruption while others are placed above the law. 3 Likes 3 Shares |
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