Victory At Last For Diezani as UK Tabloid Releases Report

 

A prestigious United Kingdom, UK, Newspaper, ‘The Mail’ has on Sunday, May 8, released a report exposing luxurious mansions owned by some Nigerians, including those standing trial for corruption, while subtly exonerating the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of any crime.

The report came against the backdrop of a summit to be attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, as well as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Thursday, May 12, in London.

 

In a report titled: ‘Palaces of Corruption’, the newspaper published pictures and locations of houses in the UK, belonging to two late former governors, who faced anti-corruption charges in their lifetime.

 

They are Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who governed Bayelsa State between 1999 and 2005, and Abubakar Audu, a two-term governor of Kogi State, who was seeking a return to the government house at the time of his death. Both men died in 2015.

 

The property of James Ibori, former Delta State governor, who is currently serving a jail term, was also included in the report, in addition to that of Jimoh Ibrahim, a Lawyer and billionaire businessman.

 

Ibrahim, though not a politician and has never been investigated for corruption, is believed to be heavily indebted to banks. Based on the UK newspaper’s report, sources have described the allegations of money laundering and luxury homes allegedly owned by Diezani and her family in London, as a hoax.