Ex- Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs. Diezani
Alison-Madueke’s woes deepened yesterday as
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) tightened the
noose with the confiscation of £27,000 ($41,000)
which is equivalent of N8,155,164.37 from her UK
home. NCA sought and got court permission to
temporarily seize the money amid investigation on
money laundering, bribery and graft allegations. The cash was seized under Section 295 of Proceeds
of Crime Act 2012.
Meanwhile, NCA yesterday failed to charge Mrs.
Alison-Madueke and four others. The agency’s spokesperson, who declined to
disclose his name when contacted told Daily Sun on
telephone they could not be arraigned “because
the agency has not completed its investigation on
them.”
He, however, assured that the five accused will be charged before the end of the week. The former Minister and others who were all
granted bail, were not in court but the source
confirmed that the NCA filed the application at the
Westminster Magistrates Court and was approved
under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Agency reports also indicated that NCA arrested
Diezani’s mum, Mrs. Beatrice Agama and her son,
Ugonna Madueke. The sum of £5,000 and $2,000 from Mrs. Beatrice
Agama, the mother of the former Petroleum
Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The court also
seized £10,000 from Melanie Spencer, one of the
other persons arrested in the case. While BBC correspondent, Sam Eiranty, tweeted that
he sighted the former minister and her mother at
the magistrate court early in the morning, an online
media reported that Diezani was not in court. It
however reported that her mother and another
woman, Melanie Spencer, appeared in yesterday’s sitting. According to the report, a separate application was
also made against Ms. Agama for the seizure of an
undisclosed amount of money, adding that there
were indications the money seized by the court was
found recently with Diezani as the NCA applied for
the seizure within 48 hours. Madueke was admitted to bail last weekend and
was expected to appear at Charing Cross Police
Station yesterday before being charged to court. An administrative officer at Westminster Magistrates’
Court said NCA had applied to the court for an
order to seize various sums of money in relation to
Alison-Madueke and two other women for up to
six months. The money would be held in the custody of the
court until April 5, 2016.
On Friday, NCA had issued a short statement saying
its International Corruption Unit had arrested five
people in London as part of an inquiry into
suspected bribery and money laundering offences. It said the investigation had started in 2013

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