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Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to return back to the country and appear before it to answer to money laundering charge filed against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The EFCC had accused the former minister of fleeing the country for the United Kingdom in order to escape justice.

Justice Ojukwu on Friday gave the order in a ruling on an ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/208/2018, brought by the EFCC’s lawyer, Mr. Faruk Abdallah.minister of petroleum Alison Madueke, EFCC had filed money laundering charge against her

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Ojukwu ordered the issuance of summons on Alison-Madueke for her to be arraigned on the charge.

The judge, who ordered that the court’s summons be published on the website of the anti-corruption agency and a national daily in a conspicuous manner, said the development would make it easier for the Minister of Petroleum Alison Madueke to be aware of the invitation.

Ojukwu adjourned the matter till October 28 for Alison-Madueke to attend court for the purpose of her arraignment on the pending money laundering charge.

Earlier, Abdallah had, while arguing the motion, noted that since Alison-Madueke allegedly fled the country, it was difficult to get her back to respond to the various criminal allegations against her.
He said there was the need for a court’s summons or arrest warrant to compel her appearance in court.

The lawyer, in a document filed along with the motion ex-parte, said it sought to question Alison-Madueke without success in relation to many allegations against her, including her role as the Minister of Petroleum Resources and her role in the award of Strategic Alliance Agreement to Septa Energy Limited, Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Limited and Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited by NNPC.

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He said it also wanted Alison-Madueke to respond to questions about “her role in the chartering of private jets by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Ministry of Petroleum Resources and her role in the award of contracts by NNPC to Marine and Logistics Services Limited.”

Abdallah said the agency was investigating Alison-Madueke’s business relationships with Donald Amamgbo, lgho Sanomi, Afam Nwokedi, Chief lkpea Leemon, Olatimbo Bukola Ayinde, Benedict Peters, Christopher Aire, Harcourt Adukeh, Julian Osula, Dauda Lawal, Nnamdi Okonkwo, Leno Laithan, Sahara Energy Group and Midwestern Oil Limited.

He added that Alison-Madueke was also required to clear air on “her role in financing the 2015 general elections, particularly the money that were warehoused at Fidelity Bank Plc in 2015 prior to the elections.”

He said it equally wanted the ex-Minister to speak on several items, documents and jewelries recovered from her house at 10, Chiluba Close, off Jose Marti Street, Asokoro, Abuja, and some identified property that were linked to her in Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States of America, United Arab Emirate and South Africa.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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