The former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke, was requested to be extradited by the United Kingdom government, but that request was denied, according to Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Garba Baba Umar, who also serves as the head of Interpol’s National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja.
Speaking outside of a session by a House of Representative Adhoc committee looking into the suspected unlawful sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil, Umar claimed that the UK government tried to extradite Diezani under the mutual legal assistance (MLA) procedure but failed.
The police chief noted that his actions resulted in the capture and return of former Attorney General of the Federation Mohammed Adoke and former head of pension funds Abdulrasheed Maina (SAN).
He said;
We repatriated many Nigerians who were alleged to have swindled the Nigerian government. I went personally and brought Maina from Niger.
I brought the former Attorney-General from Dubai and many other Nigerians who absconded.
We brought them back to face justice and those who are in Nigeria hiding we took them back to their various countries to face justice.
The issue of Diezani, a warrant of arrest is issued. I am sorry to say the government of the UK turned down our request.
We followed mutual legal assistance to bring her back home. She went to court because according to them they have a system where they check our? let me not go there.?
