The
anti-graft agency boss also said the commission was working with the
United Kingdom on Diezani's case with efforts in top gear to extradite
her back to Nigeria.
He said, “We are
working on the process of Diezani’s extradition. But we have to allow
them (the UK government) because we are collaborating. There is the
National Crime Agency and the Crown Prosecution Service in London, and
our colleagues, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation in America. We had cause to meet in London. I was there
myself for about a week. We are working not only on the Diezani case;
but the Diezani case has become a test case.
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Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu(Sahara Reporters)
“It
is even more notorious than the so-called Abacha loot because we have
not seen anything yet. I’m sure what we have seen is not more than may
be 15 per cent. I think it is going to be a long time. That is why
sometimes I think we should appeal to the looters to return the loot.
Come and tell the government, ‘This is what I have stolen.’ Since you
have voluntarily complied with the instruction to bring back the loot,
then the government will take a decision. I think it is the best way to
go about it, otherwise, the monies would be wasted.
“Diezani
has a lot of people who are well connected, like (Jide) Omokore who are
international businessmen. They have private aircraft and you can’t see
any of them in Nigeria. They went and kept them in Ghana, some of them.
But we are working with almost all law enforcement agencies in the
world. They are all willing to work with us because what I told them is,
‘As long as you have any (claim) of criminality in Nigeria, call us.’
Magu
also noted that the anti-corruption agency is currently working on
having an upgrade of its facilities as well as giving attention to the
welfare of its workers to avoid undue influence or temptation in the
course of their assignments.
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