#BringBackDiezani: We’re Not Responsible For Extradition, EFCC Replies Charly Boy

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has responded to calls by the Charly Boy-led Concerned Nigerians Group to extradite of a former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke from the United Kingdom to face prosecution in Nigeria.

The group, yesterday, had announced that a sit-out protest would commence on Monday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja to demand the extradition of Diezani who has been accused of corruption.

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But the anti graft agency, in a swift reaction, said it is not responsible for matters of extradition.

Speaking during a telephone interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, spokesperson to the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwajaren, said Matters of extradition are handled by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

He said, “It is interesting that a section of the populace is outraged by the massive looting that Nigeria witnessed in the last few years as is evident in the Diezani investigation that the commission is still on. What I can say is that the commission is determined, more than ever before, to recover every dime that has been stolen by people that found themselves in the corridors of power.

“But answering your question directly regarding the extradition of Diezani, I think the better agency to talk to is not the EFCC. The EFCC, contrary to the views of some people, is not the agency responsible for extradition. Matters of extradition are handled by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice who is the right person to talk about the extradition of any Nigerian from any party of the world.”

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