‘Why EFCC Visited Diezani, Ogiri’s Forfeited Properties In PH’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has taken anti-corruption stakeholders around some forfeited properties belonging to former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke and former Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Director of Finance and Administration, Dr Henry Ogiri in Port Harcourt.
The Head, Assets Forfeiture, EFCC Port Harcourt Zone, Oseni Kazeem, led the anti-corruption advocacy stakeholders to inspect an expansive 16 Terrace Duplexes property belonging to Diezani Alison-Madueke at No 16, Omerelu Street, New GRA, Port Harcourt.
At No 29, New Haven Street, also in New GRA, Port Harcourt, they also inspected a 16-room mansion of detached storey buildings forfeited by the former NDDC director, Finance and Administration, Dr Henry Ogiri.
The tour of both properties was part of activities of a two-day Expert Training and Advocacy on Tracing and Recovery of Illicit Funds and Assets, an initiative of the Human Environment Development Agenda (HEDA) which targeted media and civil society stakeholders passionate about fighting corruption and money laundering in the country.
The commission explained that the visit to the Port Harcourt palatial home forfeited to Federal Government by former Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Director of Finance and Administration, Dr Henry Ogiri, justifies President Muhammadu Buhari’s order for deep probe of the commission.
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), a transparency and responsive governance advocacy group, expressed this verdict, yesterday, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) took civil society groups through Ogiri’s forfeited property and another by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madweke in New GRA, Port Harcourt on account of acquisition by illicit funds.
Kazeem said at the New Haven spot that, “This property formerly belonged to Ogiri, former director in NDDC. We investigated, prosecuted him and this is one of the property he forfeited finally, to Federal Government (FG). Currently, it is under our close watch so people won’t vandalise it pending final disposal, by the Federal Government.”