Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, has filed an appeal at the Federal High Court Lagos for the reversal of an interim order secured by the EFCC for the interim forfeiture of her 2,149 pieces of
On July 5th, the agency secured an interim order to confiscate the former Minister’s jewelry and iPhone which is believed to be proceeds from acts of corruption perpetrated while she was in office.
In an application filed by her counsel, Professor Awa Kalu, Diezani who is currently in the United Kingdom, accused the EFCC of entering her apartment illegally and taking the items without any court order. She said the anti-graft agency violated her fundamental “right to own property and to appropriate them at her discretion,” under sections 43 and 44 of the Constitution.
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She urged the court to reject the prayer by the EFCC to permanently forfeit the
According to the court papers, the
The former Minister argued that the entry into her apartment by EFCC operatives was illegal as it was without a court order. Justice Nichola Oweibo adjourned the case till August 29.
