More details have emerged regarding yesterday’s order by the UK Westminster Magistrate’s Court to seize £27,000 from Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The seizure of £5,000 and $2,000 was also ordered from Diezani’s
mother, Beatrice Agama, as well as £10,000 from another woman, Melanie
Spencer.
The National Crime Agency requested the seizure of the money until
April 2016, in accordance with Section 295 of Proceeds of Crime Act
2012.
Vanguard has learned that the move was aimed at giving the agency evidence of Diezani’s involvement in corruption activities.