UAE blocks $517m transfer by ex-Nigerian governor

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An attempt by a yet to be
identified former Nigerian
governor to transfer
$517million out of United Arab
Emirates to Dominican
Republic has been blocked by
the authorities.
A report Wednesday said the
former governor’s planned
transfer was unsuccessful
because UAE money
laundering laws are now
stricter.

Nigeria had 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”,
in the course of President
Muhammadu Buhari's visit
last January.
Following the agreement, the
federal government has
intensified action in this
direction with deepened
searchlight on banking vaults
and properties where Nigerian
officials had kept or invested
their loot.

A reliable source had
earlier reported a Federal
Government team, comprising
the Minister of Justice and
Attorney-General of the
Federation, Mr. Abubakar
Malami, the Chairman of the
Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Mr. Ibrahim Magu and crack
detectives from the anti-graft
agency, are in Dubai and have
started comparing collated
intelligence notes on the PEPs
with their UAE counterparts.

The EFCC officials arrived in
Dubai on Saturday, said the
newspaper. The Minister left
Abuja Tuesday to join the
team. Seven former governors, six
former ministers and a fleeing
presidential aide implicated in
the $2.1billion arms deals,
ex-military chiefs under probe,
agents / fronts of some of
these public officers and
about five chieftains of the
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) have either stashed
away funds in Dubai or
acquired properties.
A confident source said: “The
Federal Government team has
met with those from the UAE
on intelligence sharing, the list
of those on EFCC radar, the
number of highly-placed
Nigerians with fat accounts in
UAE and those with choice
properties in Marina (Dubai),
Bur Dubai, Abu Dhabi and
Doha.

”Some of the former governors
include one from the South-
South, two from North central,
two from the Northeast, one
from the Northwest, and one
from the Southwest.
“More than six ex-ministers
and a former presidential aide,
who is on the run over the
$2.1billion arms deals, were
said to have acquired choice
mansions and malls in UAE.

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