Diezani Has Been Stopped From Leaving UK Till April,Order By Court

Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke,Former Minister of Petroleum Resources,
has been banned from leave the
United Kingdom (UK) until April, next year.
That is when the investigations into allegations against her
are expected to have been concluded, Judiciary sources
said.
She is expected to be arraigned before the magistrate for
alleged money laundering and bribery,
Mrs Alison-Madueke was arrested last week along with
four others by the United Kingdom’s National Crime
Agency (NCA).She was granted bail. Her international
passport was, seized.
On Monday, the London Westminster Magistrate’s Court
on Marylebone Road approved the holding of the £27,000
cash seized from her, following an application brought by
the NCA under the Proceeds of Crime Act in the UK.
The court also ruled that the cash can be held for six
months – till April, next year when she is expected to be
arraigned after investigations.
It was learnt yesterday that the court also granted the
order that she should remain in London while
investigations last.
Mrs Alison-Madueke will only be able to travel after an
application has been brought before the court and
approved.
She had previously denied any wrongdoing when it was
alleged that $20b of oil money had gone missing when she
was in office between 2010 and 2015
The NCA, which leads the UK law enforcement’s fight to cut
serious and organised crime, is working in league with the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the
probe of the former minister.
Last Friday when Mrs Alison-Madueke was arrested in
London, her Abuja home was raided by the EFCC.
The NCA has national and international reach and the
mandate and powers to work in partnership with other law
enforcement organisations to bring the full weight of the
law to bear on serious and organised criminals.
The Proceeds of Crime Act says: “The Proceeds of Crime
Act 2002 (“POCA”) sets out the legislative scheme for the
recovery of criminal assets with criminal confiscation being
the most commonly used power.
“Confiscation occurs after a conviction has taken place.
Other means of recovering the proceeds of crime, which
do not require a conviction, are provided for in the Act,
namely civil recovery, cash seizure and taxation powers.
“The aim of the asset recovery schemes in POCA is to deny
criminals the use of their assets, recover the proceeds of
crime and disrupt and deter criminality.”