Nigeria: AGF - Bringing Alison-Madueke Home to Face Trial Unnecessary

5 October 2017

Abuja — The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice ,Malam Abubakar Malami, Wednesday said the demand by the embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, that the federal government should extradite her to Nigeria to face corruption charges was needless.

Responding to questions from some State House correspondents in the Hausa language after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Malami said the former minister lacked the power to demand her invitation to Nigeria, especially at a time she's being investigated by the government of the United Kingdom where she currently resides.

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