An estate agent who assisted
ex-minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to buy properties in the UK has been
arrested in Lagos.
According to Premium times,
Adeyemi Edun was detained upon arrival in Nigeria on Wednesday and is currently
being held at the EFCC office in Ikoyi, Lagos.
“He is being held as part of
investigations into Diezani’s multiple corrupt schemes,” an official told
Premium times
It was learnt that Edun was named
in U.S. court documents as having links to an alleged money laundering scandal
swirling around Mrs. Alison-Madueke.
The court papers said he had
‘assisted’ various Nigerian businessmen with the purchase of £8.3m of prime
London real estate intended ‘for the use and benefit’ of Mrs. Alison-Madueke in
March 2011.
The former petroleum minister is
held up in the UK for money laundering.
Also, property worth billions of
Naira seized from her has been forfeited to the federal government.
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