BREAKING: Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant Against Diezani Alison-Madueke As FG begins the extradition process

The international police issued a warrant for the arrest of former oil minister Diezani Allison-Madueke following a request by the federal government to the agency.

An irreproachable source stated that the Attorney General’s Office had made the necessary charges and attached them to the extradition request.

As a result of this request, all Interpol member countries have been obligated to arrest the former minister wherever they are on their territory.

Madueke had been holed up in London, United Kingdom for over three years.

Attached to the extradition request, our correspondent gathered, was the November 4, 2018 order for her arrest by Justice Valentine Ashi of the FCT High Court.

The court had directed the Inspector-General of Police; the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Director-General of the State Security Service and all heads of other agencies to apprehend the ex-petroleum minister.

The judge further directed that the order which was signed by the court registrar, E. Balami, should be attached to a warrant for execution on Madueke.

The source said, “We have filed the necessary processes and the Interpol has red-flagged Allison-Madueke. This means that the extradition process has been kickstarted and the former minister may be arrested by the United Kingdom police or any police agency all over the world and repatriated to Nigeria.”

Checks on the Interpol website, however, indicated that the accused person had not been listed.

Only the profiles of two male Nigerians-Ehirobo Nathaniel, 53, and Ernest Kenel, 49-wanted for advance fee fraud- were listed on the website.

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