Court 🇳🇬 seizes $21m 💰 linked to Diezani Alison-Madueke

Court ⚖ seized $21m from bank accounts 💰 linked to Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former oil minister who faces corruption allegations‼️

Abdulazeez Anka, federal high court judge, ordered the immediate forfeiture of the sum allegedly held in local bank accounts by Alison-Madueke, who was once one of Africa's most prominent female politicians.

Nigeria's 🇳🇬 anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which accuses Alison-Madueke of corruption 💰, argued in the Lagos court that she had illicitly laundered the funds with the help of top oil officials.

Alison-Madueke - the former president of the global oil cartel OPEC, and the first woman to hold the post - has always denied 🚫 the allegations which involve billions of dollars syphoned from oil deals and state accounts‼️

After the discovery, Nigeria's National Intelligence Agency (NIA) claimed the money 💰 belonged to the organisation, prompting President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend its head, Ayodele Oke Also suspended and under investigation 🔍 is Lawal Babachir, Buhari's secretary and longtime ally, following his indictment by the legislature for an alleged 200 million naira ($635,000) scam.

UCJ, UNILORIN.