Nigeria Seizes 56 Properties Linked to Ex-Oil Minister

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of 56 properties allegedly bought by former minister of petroleum resources Diezani Alison-Madueke between 2011 and 2013. The order came two weeks after the anti-graft agency said it had traced N47 billion and U.S.$487.5 million to former minister.

Diezani Allison-Madueke.

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