Nigeria to auction $40m jewellery seized from ex-oil minister
Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. Nigeria says it is trying to extradite Mrs Madueke who is hiding in London to face charges of fraud and corruption. PHOTO | SAMUEL KUBAN | AFP
Nigeria is to contract international auction houses to sell jewellery worth $40 million recovered from fugitive ex-petroleum minister Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke together with seizures made from internet fraudsters.
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) which recovered the precious metals from the Abuja home of the former minister secured the forfeiture order from the Federal High Court on September 10.
