Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says there was no diamond bra recovered from Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum minister
Diezani, who had fled the county shortly before former President Goodluck Jonathan handed over to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, is alleged to have stolen $2.5 billion from the federal government while she was minister — an allegation she has denied.
The EFCC has since commenced a process to extradite her.
In October, he federal government had listed assets forfeited by Diezani to include properties located in Banana Island Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos.
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However, reports had circulated at the time that diamond bras were included in the items forfeited by the former minister.
Speaking on Wednesday when he featured on Your View, a programme on TVC, the EFCC chairman said no such item was recovered from Diezani.
“You have accused us several times of media trial, but I think it’s good to be fair to everybody at all times. Justice is a two-way thing. There was nothing like diamond bra. It’s a creation of social media,” he said.
“I can tell you that for free because I am the lead investigator on that. I’m not aware of it. If there is something on that, I should know because I led the search and all of that.
“And that is one of the things that I mentioned to you that the biggest problem that we have is our attitude. We need to change for the better.”
