The net has tightened. Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission finally arrested former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke in Abuja this morning, sources confirm. For years she dodged extradition from London, living in a £6 million St John’s Wood townhouse while Nigeria’s oil wealth bled dry.
Her arrest signals a new resolve in President Bola Tinubu’s anti-graft campaign, but the real story lies in the paper trail fingering British banks, shell companies, and property portfolio managers. Investigators now probe assets held through British solicitors, offshore trusts in Jersey, and a Mayfair art collection valued at £15 million. Her arrest is just the overture; the crescendo will be the laundering network that thrived under the noses of UK regulators.
