The United
Kingdom’s National Crime Agency secured the seizure of the sum of £5,000 and $2,000
from Mrs. Beatrice Agama, the mother of the former Petroleum
Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The court also seized £10,000 from
Melanie Spencer, one of the other persons arrested in the case.
United
Kingdom’s National Crime Agency secured the seizure of the sum of £27,000 (N8,
155,164.37) in the case involving the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani
Alison-Madueke at the Westminster Magistrates Court, London.
As earlier
reported, the former Minister was not in court but
her mother, Beatrice Agama and one Melanie Spencer, were in court.
The IMMEDIATE past Petroleum
Resources Minister, Mrs Alison-Madueke, was arrested on Friday with four
other people by the International Corruption Unit (ICU) of the UK’s National
Crimes Agency. She was however granted bail after she had been
detained for several hours. According to London Police she will be charged to
court for money laundering.
The
agency announced on its website on Friday that it had arrested five people
“across London” as part of an investigation into suspected bribery and money
laundering offences but stopped short of naming the suspects.
The Presidency on Sunday confirmed
her arrest, saying it is working closely with British law enforcement over
allegations of corruption and money laundering levelled against the former
minister.
The
Asokoro, Abuja residence of the immediate-past minister of Petroleum Resources
was also stormed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), in what has been described as part of a multinational investigation of
the former minister.
According
to a security source, EFCC made “significant recovery” of documents at her
Abuja residence.
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