EFCC Seizes N593million Worth of Jewelery from Diezani, Omokore’s Wife

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reportedly recovered jewelery worth over £2 million (N593 million) from former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke and the wife of Mr Jide Omokore, an ally of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

According to a top EFCC official, who spoke with Daily Trust on Tuesday, April 26, the anti-graft agency also recovered a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment valued at N2.6billion from a Lagos hospital said to be owned by former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu.

The source said several other property were also recovered from the embattled former oil minister, including a wrist watch valued at £600, 000 (N185 million).

The immediate past oil minister is facing various graft allegations, including the “missing” $20 billion oil money, among other deals executed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

While Omokore, who is the chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited who was recently questioned by the EFCC in connection with multi-billion dollar petrol import and crude export deals.

His company was allegedly awarded controlling stakes in two oil blocks – OML 30 and 34 – for just over $50 million each, without due process by the Jonathan administration.