In 2015, just after President Goodluck Jonathan lost the presidential election, Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, jetted to the United Kingdom following inundating reports of corruption under her.
Se was linked with fraudulent oil deals amounting to millions of dollars.
However, the former minister has been able to prevent the EFCC from prosecuting her as her extradition had taken over four years with no significant progress.
An investigation by Al Jazeera has now revealed one of the reasons it might be difficult for EFCC to extradite her.
In the investigation, details of how Dominican Republic politicians are selling the country’s passport to fund elections were revealed.
Diezani and other influential people took advantage of this deal to secure a Dominican Diplomatic Passport that prevents security agencies from investigating them.
The reports disclosed that there are documents linking Diezani to a secret deal on the purchase of an apartment in New York, United States.
Around $2.2m was used to purchase the said apartment through a Shell account in Deleware, the investigation revealed.
"We found documents showing a few days later that a Shell company is formed in Delaware, an American state where laws mean the true owners of a company are kept secret.
“Four months later, that Shell company buys a New York apartment for $2.2m with no mortgage. Property records confirm that the prime minister’s wife, Melissa, was a resident.
"Photos placed the Skerrit family there. Both Diezani and Skerrit deny any links to the company that bought the apartment.
"He strongly denies any wrongdoing and says he didn’t demand or receive any money from Madueke.”
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has given the EFCC until March 2020 to extradite the former minister from the United Kingdom where she has been since 2015.
“My docket is not going to be a waiting room for the prosecution.
"I will give you one more adjournment. If nothing happens on the next date, I will strike it out,” the judge said. Al Jazeera