A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Wahab Shittu, has cited the complex legal processes involved in extradition as the main reason for the Nigerian government’s inability to adequately prosecute former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who has been absent from the country for over eight years.
Alison-Madueke, who served under former President Goodluck Jonathan, is accused of embezzling millions of dollars of Nigerian state funds during her tenure.
She has remained in the United Kingdom since the end of Jonathan’s administration, where she has not been able to appear in Nigerian courts for the cases filed against her.
Shittu, appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, explained that extraditing someone who has fled to another country involves stringent legal and international procedures.
These procedures must be met before an individual can be brought back to Nigeria for trial.
He…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
