Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant For Allison-Madueke As FG Commences Extradition

The International Police have issued an arrest warrant for former
Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke following a request by the
Federal Government to the agency.

An impeccable source stated
that the necessary charges had been filed and attached to the
extradition request by the office of the Attorney-General of the
Federation.

By this request, all Interpol member countries were
obliged to arrest the former minister anywhere she is seen on their
territories.

Madueke had been holed up in London, United Kingdom for over three years.

Attached
to the extradition request, our correspondent gathered, was the
November 4, 2018 order for her arrest by Justice Valentine Ashi of the
FCT High Court.

The court had directed the Inspector-General of
Police; the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the
Director-General of the State Security Service and all heads of other
agencies to apprehend the ex-petroleum minister.

The judge
further directed that the order which was signed by the court registrar,
E. Balami, should be attached to a warrant for execution on Madueke.

The
source said, “We have filed the necessary processes and the Interpol
has red-flagged Allison-Madueke. This means that the extradition process
has been kickstarted and the former minister may be arrested by the
United Kingdom police or any police agency all over the world and
repatriated to Nigeria.”

Checks on the Interpol website, however, indicated that the accused person had not been listed.

Only
the profiles of two male Nigerians-Ehirobo Nathaniel, 53, and Ernest
Kenel, 49-wanted for advance fee fraud- were listed on the website.