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| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by kenchylala: 2:10pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
vodutive:LISTEN TO THE GUY YOU QUOTED AND GO FACE YOUR BUSINESS..... THIS GOVERNMENT IS A JOKE, WHY NOT COME OUT AND TELL US YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING WITH THE PROPERTIES AND HAVE THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO SHOW IT, THE CASE NEVER GO COURT AND HER LAWYERS NEVER APPEAL THE CASE, WE JUST THE SUBMIT PAPERS AND THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT NEVER CHECK TO SEE THEIR INTEREST IN THE MATTER BEFORE CONSIDERING HELPING WE ARE ALREADY IN THE PAPERS TO SHOW SOME FISH BRAINS THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING CORRUPTION.... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, ENOUGH OF THIS MEDIA CORRUPTION FIGHT ITS NOT HELPING ANYONE... FIX THE ECONOMY AND PUMP MONEY INTO THE SYSTEM. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by jay7(m): 2:23pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
Abeg help us recover our money |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by LORDOFTHEOSU: 2:24pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
jamesibor:She's currently in the UK. What do you think is keeping her there? Pleasure seeking? |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Nobody: 2:25pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
plaetton:like I said, it is obvious from your posts in this thread you come in with an tribal and political prejudice. Everybody knows what APC, Zombies or PDP and wailers mean especially when used in the same discussion on Nairaland so stop trying to be too clever by halves. You are just another brainwashed ignorant Nigerian. The fight is not with the North or the west or the east or south south, neither is the fight between APC and PDP. The fight is between the Nigerian masses and the ruling elite. Instead of Morons like you to take the fight to the very people who have impoverished the land and mortgaged the future of the country you are busy dancing along to the piper's tune. That you use the term Zombies or wailers and talk about political agenda shows you are part of the problem. Tinubu is a crook, I don't know what that has to do with anything but so is Diezani, they are all crooks APC, PDP are 2 sides of the same coin. This govt is clueless but so was the last...how does taking sides in the battle between incompetent crooks that help educate your children or fix your roads? |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by KoldKash(m): 2:32pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
BlackSeptember:So you really do believe the budget figures they display are the true status of the country's finance per year? |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by bigbigger8(m): 2:33pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
jamesibor:Did u read d story at all,or u hv problems with comprehension..I keep telling people,foolishness is not a virtue. Apply ur brains for once. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by spartacus11(m): 2:33pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
jamesibor:EDUCATE YOURSELF PLEASE AND STOP DECEIVING YOURSELF Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke has a date to keep at the Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London today, over money laundering and bribery allegations. She was first arraigned in the court last October. Mrs Alison-Madueke was arrested along with four others by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA). She was granted bail and told to come back today for a decision to be taken on the £27,000 seized cash and other charges made against her. The court ruled in October 2015 that the cash can be held for six months before she is arraigned after investigations. 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. The NCA found some of the ex-minister’s brothers and other business partners complicit in the money laundering allegation. She was arrested with her brothers. Messrs Abiye Agama and Somye Agama are Mrs Diezani siblings who operate some UK-based businesses hurriedly shut them after the NCA and the EFCC searchlight became intense. The two brothers are directors of Hadley Petroleum Solutions Limited, a company the authorities believe was used for money laundering. The other directors are Ugonna Madueke and Abu Fari. The company was registered in June 2013 in Manchester, but was dissolved less than two years later last February without filing any account. Abiye, 33, a point man of the firm, is a computer engineer and manager. He was a director in 11 other companies. He resigned from seven of them. http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/04/diezani-alison-madueke-goes-back-to-uk-court-today/ Ex-minister’s accounts frozen As part of the ongoing probe and preparation for the arraignment of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, some investigators from the United Kingdom have visited Nigeria to gather evidence. The ex-minister is under investigation over the missing $20billion oil cash, phoney crude oil lifting contracts, $115million poll bribery money, the $1.092b Malabu oil deal and the N5.2billion ($25m) oil cash paid by an Indian oil firm for an oil block The UK team inspected the former minister’s multi-billion naira mansion, her £600,000 exotic wrist watch and gold and diamond jewelry which have been confiscated. There were indications last night that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has also frozen Mrs Alison-Madueke’s bank accounts. The commission may attach some assets of the ex-minister under the Interim Forfeiture Order in Sections 26 and 29 of the EFCC Act, The Nation learnt. The UK investigators came into the country as part of the build-up to the trial of the ex-minister in London. Mrs Alison-Madueke and four others were arrested in London on October 2, 2015 by the National Crime Agency( NCA). The NCA said all the suspects were released on “conditional police bail, pending further investigation both in the UK and overseas”. A source, who confirmed the visit said it was the “continuation of the London end of the investigation of the ex-minister.” Besides restricting her movement to the UK, a London (Westminster Magistrate’s Court) on Marylebone Road had approved the seizure of $41,000 (£27,000) cash from Mrs Alison-Madueke. “With the outcome of the fact-finding mission of the UK team, I think so far, the investigation has reached a convenient bend for the prosecution of the ex-minister,” the source said, pleading not to be named because of the “sensitivity” of the matter. An EFCC source confirmed that the former minister’s accounts in some major banks had been frozen. “It is too early to disclose the amounts involved in order not to prejudice investigation. We are discovering more on daily basis as some complicit banks are now cooperating,” he said, adding: “We are allowed by law to place suspicious accounts and assets under interim forfeiture until the court decides otherwise. “We are collaborating with anti-graft agencies in other jurisdictions on her case.” Sections 26 and 29 of the EFCC Act on forfeiture read: “Any property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be seized by the commission in the following circumstances- (a) the seizure is incidental to an arrest or search; or (b) in the case of property liable to forfeiture upon process issued by the Court following an application made by the Commission in accordance with the prescribed rules “Whenever property is seized under any of the provisions of this Act, the Commission may-(a) place the property under seal; or (b) remove the property to a place designated by the Commission. “Properties taken or detained under this section shall be deemed to be in custody of the Commission, subject only to an order of a court.” There is an ongoing probe by the EFCC of Mrs Alison-Madueke’s involvement in a $115m (N23, 299,705,000billion) 2015 poll bribery scandal. The anti-graft agency has quizzed Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo and the bank’s Head of Operations, Martin Izuogbe in connection with the scandal. Four companies, according to investigation by the anti-graft agency, allegedly gave the following amount to the bank for use to bribe officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Northern Belt Gas Company Limited ($60m); Auctus Integrated($17,884,000); Midwestern Oil and Gas($9.5m); and Leno Laitan Adesanya ($1.85m). “The ex-minister sent $25.77million(approximately $26m) to bring the total amount to $115million( N23, 299,705,000billion). Mrs Alison- Madueke has twice in six months appeared before a London court to answer charges regarding the £27,000 money laundering and bribery allegation made against her by the NCA.. She will be returning to the court again in September, after the Westminster Magistrate court granted the request of the NCA on March 31, 2016 for another six months to enable the Agency gets more time to tighten its case. Mrs Madueke will be on bail along with her mother Mrs Beatrice Agama who is the lead suspect; son, Ugonna Madeueke, family friend Ms Melanie Spencer, the wife of a Ghanaian oil tycoon, Kevin Okyere till when the court reconvenes in September to decide on a direction for the case. It is typical of the NCA drawing its motivation from the Proceeds of Crime Act to always ask for more time for its investigations so it can build a water tight case. 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 investigation is now global extending to Nigeria and Switzerland where billionaire Business man Kola Aluko was questioned and home raided on the request of the NCA. Aluko, who has Swiss nationality and owner of Atlantic Energy had some oil deals with NNPC while Madueke was in charge. He is believed to be a key figure in the money laundering network. Atlantic Energy signed a lucrative strategic alliance in 2011 with NNPC while Madueke was in charge of Petroleum Ministry giving it rights to sell oil from four big blocks on behalf of Nigeria. Before the oil price crashed, Aluko said the commercial value of the contract was estimated at $7bn. http://thenationonlineng.net/uk-detectives-nigeria-alison-maduekes-case/ |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by plaetton: 2:44pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
vodutive:At last, common sense is sighted. First of all, I owe no allegiance to any political party. I was actually an admirer of the original ACN when they were in opposition. Like, majority of Nigerians, I was hopeful and optimistic after the last elections, despite my deeper misgivings about the leader of the new government. Now, don't pretend that you don't know why we tag some people zombies. It's not about being an APC supporter or even a Buhari supporter, but it's about blind support and irrational defence of every wrong move that Buhari and this government does. That, to most us , is a serious problem. We have also noted, an you will agree, that the government, its agents and its propaganda machinery tend to periodically tililate the sheeple with a steady diet of INNUENDOS, half truths, and outright lies, all in defense of their own incompetence. It is these periodic menus of lies, half truths and INNUENDOS that we all, including you, must stand up against, and ridicule at any time it props up. That is what I did here,.for which you have been irrationally criticizing me. So, which side are you on? Holding the government in power accountable or slouching back and feeding on their gaseous propaganda? |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by jamesibor: 2:45pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
spartacus11:If you know nothing about an issue it's actually better to keep shut. Can you tell us what is happening to that case since after the court case (which she didn't even have to attend and didn't attend) in April. It's been 5 months since then. You should make more effort than googling for links that suit your narrative. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by spartacus11(m): 2:45pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
byrron:so the loot ur metuh is begging to return is imaginary abi? pdp god punish una for wasting dis guy brain. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by spartacus11(m): 2:46pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
byrron:so the loot ur metuh is begging to return is imaginary abi? pdp god punish una for wasting dis guy brain. .... |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by jamesibor: 2:48pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
bigbigger8:This is what you get when contraceptives fail. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by spartacus11(m): 2:49pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
byrron:so d one ur metuh dey beg to return na imaginary, fayose when admit say him buy house when efcc seize na imaginary house. pdp god punish una for wasting this guy brain.... |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by jamesibor: 2:49pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
LORDOFTHEOSU:You tell me. I should be asking you that. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by spartacus11(m): 3:02pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
jamesibor:can u even read, i should tell u what is happening to d case, when u are in a trend that just gave u the details of the trip of the EFCC chairman. are u dat clueless. so u said diezani case has nothing to do with the nigeria authority dat its about the 27000 pounds found in her home, so i did post a link to d case so u will see she is been charge with money laundry and bribery so before u get heart attack take care. it dos not matter how long justice must been done, where is ibori today, is ibori case imaginary too |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by shellman: 3:11pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
byrron:By the way, what's your business in defending Diezani? Let her come out &say something to confirm or deny the allegation. After all she is still alive! |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by jamesibor: 3:19pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
spartacus11:Money laundry and bribery involving who and who and at which court? When is the next hearing? |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Rossikki: 3:29pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
IdiAmin2:You must be really close to the Aluko thief to know these intimate details about him. How much was your share? You seem to admire him for robbing Nigerian children of billions of dollars meant for their welfare, and escaping justice by claiming foreign citizenship. How low can you sink? |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by spartacus11(m): 3:40pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
Rossikki:they call nigerians who support fight against corruption zombies when they are the real zombies, zombies 16 years of misrule did affect their brain big time |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by Rossikki: 3:44pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
CriticMaestro:Please, shut your ignorant trap and stop embarrassing yourself. Learn from what that guy, grodt999 is teaching you. Mr 'white man brought civilization to me.' So you were a savage before the white man came? Ignorant, stupid Dunce. Don't go and read your history. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by spartacus11(m): 3:44pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
jamesibor:nor go get hypertension, ur legend in crime she is now a cancer patient since she was bursted, u wan go attack d court on d day of her hearing? she was d most beautiful woman in jonathan cabinet now she is as ugly as zombie dat u people are. if u can not read report den relax, na so ibori first do gra gra were is ibori today.. her time in court will come. zombie spotted... |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by adconline(m): 4:30pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
vodutive:My friend you contradicted yourself! OP says that EFCC to seize assets not freeze! |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by 0gbeni(m): 6:10pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
Osyabj:lol.. man you need a maths teacher.. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by abgold: 6:52pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
Osyabj:please next time use your computer calculator.your assumption failed |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by demoBaba: 7:08pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
Wahlai Tahlai, between man and God, may God Resist to change Calamity on all Nigeria public looter's. |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by CriticMaestro: 7:34pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
Rossikki:don't quote me again dullard |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by CriticMaestro: 7:38pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
grodt999:history history history nonsense ... If all the want is our money in this 21th century then y do we have organisations like USAID, Rescue etc that pumps millions of dollars into third world countries Maghot |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by chidozieikeji2: 7:40pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
Osyabj:who told u dat dey are d most corrupt have u asked the minister of petroleum back den in 70s and also now how 2 billion dollar disappeared from his ministry without trace den check d value of 2 billion dollars back den all politicians are thieves and need to be tied to d stakes |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by lexpo: 7:50pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
Fantastic Tiv |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by grodt999: 7:59pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
CriticMaestro:History history ![]() WTO, IMF and ICC are modern day organisations! I'm not sure you have heard of them because if you KNOW you won't make these childish comments research WTO, IMF and ICC and how they help western countries plunder 3rd world countries TODAY!!! If you are part of the future then mentally the battle is already lost. http://www.africaw.com/how-the-world-bank-and-the-imf-destroy-africa https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2015/06/imf-and-usa-set-to-ruin-ghana/ |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by GOFRONT(m): 10:24pm On Aug 24, 2016 |
They ar d. Cause of hunger in da land |
| Re: EFCC To Seize Diezani’s Assets In America by CriticMaestro: 7:00am On Aug 25, 2016 |
grodt999:u've been deviating from d real issue since day 1...how does the news In question happens to be a falasy? Yesterday night on nta, john Kerry said all Nigerians living abroad that looted public funds will be sent back home |
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Subject o existing treaties, any cpmpetent court where the assets are based can order a freeze on assets once you satisfy conditions and show just cause. Note there is a difference between freezing and seizing. In this case, freezng simply means you beleive the assets to be the proceeds of illegal actiivity and you are asking the court to prevent any movement or disposal of the asset till you can prove your case. There are international accords to facilitate the freezing and seizing of illegally obtained assets across international borders. Seizing occurs when you have proved your case.