The inability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to obtain the approval of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has stalled the extradition request of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United Kingdom.
The office of the AGF is the only statutory body with the powers to file an extradition request in the country where the wanted person is located.
Last December, the anti-graft agency applied for a warrant of arrest against Diezani and filed corruption charges against her, as a condition precedent to commence the process of extraditing her from the UK where she has been since 2015 when she left office, The Punch Newspaper reports.
Granting the arrest warrant on December 4, 2018, late Justice Valentine Ashi of the Abuja High Court, ordered the EFCC and other security agencies, including the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police Force to arrest Diezani within 72 hours.
The AGF, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), did not respond to our correspondent’s inquiries about Diezani’s extradition issues on Friday, Punch reports.
