Detectives
have been deployed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, in the
ongoing probe of former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani
Alison-Madueke.
Of interest are five choice houses believed to be Mrs. Alison-Madueke’s.
It is all part of the last leg of the
investigation of the ex-minister in collaboration with the National
Crime Agency in the United Kingdom.
Amid the Port Harcourt operation,
another asset of the ex-Minister in Abuja, allegedly worth over
N500million, has been confiscated pending her trial.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) had earlier seized a mansion worth N3.58billion from
the ex-minister, bringing the haul in Abuja to about N4.08billion of
assets believed to be hers.
The EFCC received intelligence report on the property allegedly acquired by Mrs. Alison-Madueke in Port Harcourt.
The tracking of the assets is said to be
part of the probe of about $10billion allegedly looted in cash and
assets by some former public officers.
The properties under surveillance in Port Harcourt are said to be worth over N3billion
A top source in EFCC, who spoke in
confidence, said: “Based on latest intelligence, we have been able to
trace more choice assets to Mrs. Alison-Madueke in Port Harcourt. We
have drafted more operatives in Rivers State.
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