‘It’s Diezani’ — Bawa Clarifies Comment On Minister Who ‘Laundered $37m’

Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), says Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum
minister, laundered $37 million through real estate.

While featuring on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television
programme, on Tuesday, Bawa had narrated how the commission
investigated a female minister, who he said, connived with the
managing director of a bank to purchase a property worth $37
million.

The name of the minister was, however, not disclosed.

Speaking during the presidential media briefing on Thursday,
Bawa said he was making reference to Alison-Madueke and that she
will be prosecuted once she is in the country.

The anti-graft agency had filed charges of money laundering
against Alison-Madueke who left the country for the UK shortly
before the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.

Ibrahim Magu, former EFCC chairman, had said Alison-Madueke
stole “not less than $2.5 billion”.

The commission had also disclosed that it had secured the final
forfeiture of over $80 million worth of properties owned by the
former minister.

Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), says Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum
minister, laundered $37 million through real estate.

While featuring on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television
programme, on Tuesday, Bawa had narrated how the commission
investigated a female minister, who he said, connived with the
managing director of a bank to purchase a property worth $37
million.

The name of the minister was, however, not disclosed.

Speaking during the presidential media briefing on Thursday,
Bawa said he was making reference to Alison-Madueke and that she
will be prosecuted once she is in the country.

The anti-graft agency had filed charges of money laundering
against Alison-Madueke who left the country for the UK shortly
before the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.

Ibrahim Magu, former EFCC chairman, had said Alison-Madueke
stole “not less than $2.5 billion”.

The commission had also disclosed that it had secured the final
forfeiture of over $80 million worth of properties owned by the
former minister.