The International Police, Interpol, has issued an arrest warrant for former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke following a request by the Federal Government to the agency.
According to a report by Punch, necessary charges have been filed and attached to the extradition request by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation.
Consequently, all Interpol member countries are obliged to arrest the former minister anywhere she is seen on their territories.
Madueke has been residing in London, United Kingdom since leaving office in 2015.
Attached to the extradition request, according to the Punch report, 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.
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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.
Punch quoted a source on the case as saying: “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.
