A Federal Government delegation, comprising of the
Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation,
Mr. Abubakar Malami; Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu and
crack detectives from the anti-graft agency, yesterday,
started comparing collated intelligence notes with their
United Arab Emirates(UAE) counterparts on some Nigerian
former Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). This move is
ahead of the repatriation of over $200billion stashed away
by 7 former governors, 6 former ministers, a fleeing ex-
presidential aide in form of cash and/or acquired
properties in the UAE.
Implicated in this UAE loot saga are some of the
aforementioned former public officers and about 5
chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) who have
fat accounts in UAE and choice properties in Marina
(Dubai), Bur Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha. To this end, some
mansions belonging to the former PEPs and their cronies
or fronts may also be seized by the EFCC officials who
arrived Dubai on Saturday. The Nigerian delegation went to
UAE in line with an agreement with the Federal
Government. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari in
January signed a “Judicial Agreement on Extradition,
Transfer of Sentenced Persons, Mutual Legal Assistance on
Criminal Matters, and Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal
and Commercial Matters, which includes the recovery and
repatriation of stolen wealth”.
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