The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized jewelries including wristwatches worth over £2 million from former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke and wife of Mr. Jide Omokore, the Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited.
A top official in EFCC said the commission seized a wristwatch worth £1.4m from Omokore’s wife, while a wristwatch worth £600,000 was recovered from the former minister.
Diezani is facing several corruption allegations, including her involvement in the missing oil proceeds from deals executed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The ex- minister was interrogated for bribery and money laundering by the British police in London last year.
She was granted bail by the Westminster Magistrate’s Court after seizing her passport and £27, 000.
For Omokore’s wife, the wristwatch was seized when EFCC operatives raided her Lagos residence.
