“I do not know the basis on which the EFCC has chosen to say that I am the owner of these funds as no evidence was provided to me before the order was obtained, and they have not, in fact, served me with the order or any evidence since they obtained it.”

“Let me re-state categorically as I have always maintained, for the record, I have not and will never steal money from or defraud the Federal Government of Nigeria. I am willing to respond to charges brought against me that follow duly laid down procedures,” she said.

She has been in the eye of the storm. She has been called out by entertainers, politicians, former militants (most recently by Asari Dokubo
Diezani Is Very Stupid

The Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison Madueke has finally spoken on several allegations of financial impropriety levelled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Diezani insists that she never stole Nigeria’s money.

The former Minister made the claim in a statement she issued on Monday.

She said the anti-graft agency has been taking advantage of her silence to try and convict her in the media.

Diezani’s statement, which was made available to newsmen in Abuja, reads, "I wish to state I cannot forfeit what was never mine."