The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized a mansion worth N3.58bn
($18m at the official exchange rate of N199 to a dollar) in the Asokoro area of
Abuja allegedly belonging to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources,
Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The
acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, said this during an interview
with Al-Jazeera,
a Qatar-based news network.
Magu,
in the interview, monitored on Monday, noted that the items in the house
included jewellery, furniture and a bulletproof gym worth about $2m.
He
stated that the house was part of the $10bn in cash and assets that had been
seized by the Federal Government in the last one year.
“We
have been able to take on a lot of big shots that were hitherto untouchable in
the three arms of the military, political class. We have recorded 164
convictions in just one year,” he said.
He
denied claims that the fight against corruption was politically-motivated.
“No,
not my EFCC; not the EFCC of today. We are not politicised. If there is an
allegation against anybody, we will go after them,” he said.
The
commission had revealed in April that it seized wristwatches worth £2m from the
wife of the Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, Mr.
Jide Omokore, and Diezani.
The
anti-graft agency seized a wristwatch worth £1.4m from Omokore’s wife, while a
wristwatch worth £600,000 was seized from Diezani.
The
wristwatches were said to have been seized during various raids on houses of
some suspects on Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, and other places.
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