Magu said the EFCC was currently working with the government of the United Kingdom on Alison-Madueke’s case to ensure her extradition to Nigeria
The anti-corruption boss, who spoke during a courtesy visit of the principal officers of the commission to The PUNCH Place, Magboro, on Thursday, vowed never to give up until all the money stolen from the country was recovered.
He said, “We are working on the process of Diezani’s extradition. But we have to allow them (the UK government) because we are collaborating. There is the National Crime Agency and the Crown Prosecution Service in London, and our colleagues, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in America. We had cause to meet in London. I was there myself for about a week. We are working not only on the Diezani case; but the Diezani case has become a test case.
“It is even more notorious than the so-called Abacha loot because we have not seen anything yet. I’m sure what we have seen is not more than may be 15 per cent. I think it is going to be a long time. That is why sometimes I think we should appeal to the looters to return the loot. Come and tell the government, ‘This is what I have stolen.’ Since you have voluntarily complied with the instruction to bring back the loot, then the government will take a decision. I think it is the best way to go about it, otherwise, the monies would be wasted.
“Diezani has a lot of people who are well connected, like (Jide)
Omokore who are international businessmen. They have private aircraft
and you can’t see any of them in Nigeria. They went and kept them in
Ghana, some of them. But we are working with almost all law enforcement
agencies in the world. They are all willing to work with us because what
I told them is, ‘As long as you have any (claim) of criminality in
Nigeria, call us.’
“We will go after the criminals because we don’t wait for
protocol. Delay is dangerous; when you delay you will not see it. So, we
are ready to cooperate with everybody and people have shown
willingness. Last time I went to the international convention, they said
Nigeria should show it experience. So, the whole world at the United
Nations level wants to hear our asset recovery experience.”Magu warned that the commission is not only concentrating on Alison-Madueke’s case but on all other cases of highly level corruption in Nigeria.
The commission also said the had enough evidence to nail the former minister for committing oil fraud amounting to $1.7 billion.
The Director of Public Affairs, EFCC, Osita Nwajah, noted that the commission had put in place measures to ease the burden associated with public complaints.
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