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Diezani Alison Madueke arrest latest.
The British National Crime Agency has dispatched a team of detectives to Nigeria who are now working with the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister, during the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
Findings by Sunday Punch revealed that the team of investigators from the UK Police was
drawn from the Seizures Organised Crimes Agency.
drawn from the Seizures Organised Crimes Agency.
A top operative of the EFCC, who spoke to one of Punch’s correspondents on condition of anonymity on Saturday, said the SOCA team had been involved in a discreet investigation of Alison-Madueke for two months before they finally moved against her.
It will be recalled that the former petroleum minister left Nigeria shortly before the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari in May this year.