The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly confiscated wristwatches and other jewelries valued at over £2 million from former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke and wife of Mr. Jide Omokore, the Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, The Nation reports.
A top official of the anti-graft commission who preferred anonymity revealed that the wristwatch valued at £1.4million was seized from Mrs Omokere following a raid by some officials at her home in Lagos State.
In a similar fashion, the officials confiscated a £600,000 wristwatch from Nigeria’s embattled former petroleum minister, according to the report.
Alison-Madueke who is currently battling cancer is facing several charges ranging from diverting funds from the oil deals executed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to owning choice properties everywhere.
The embattled minister had come out openly to clear the air on the allegations by stating that she was innocent of the allegations.
In 2015, Alison-Madueke was summoned and questioned by the British police in London at Westminster Magistrate’s Court over alleged bribery and money laundering but was later released on bail while her passport was seized.
Messages to Alison-Madueke to confirm this report have not been replied as at the time of going to press.
