SAN FRANCISCO, October 05, (THEWILL) – Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) Monday sought the approval of a London court to legally confiscate 27, 000 GBP seized from Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke, who was briefly detained on Friday by the agency on allegations of bribery and money laundering.
THEWILL can report that the NCA filed the application at the Westminster Magistrates Court and was approved under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
An administrative officer at the court said no formal charges have been filed against Deziani and four others whose identities remained unclear as at press time.
Deziani, a former senior staff at Shell in Nigeria, had served as Petroleum Minister from 2011-2015 under President Goodluck Jonathan. Before then, she had served as Minister in the Transport and Solid Minerals Ministries.
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