After months of inexplicable silence that fuelled the rumour mills on the possessions of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has finally spoken up to say the commission did not recover nor auctioned a diamond bra worth $12.5 million purportedly belonging Alison-Madueke.
Chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, made the clarification on a television programme.
Reports had said that the Commission recovered the precious item when its operatives raided an apartment owned by the former minister.
The EFCC chairman also denied claims that the commission had auctioned property seized from Alison-Madueke.
“The government has not sold a single property recovered.”
On the diamond bra that was seized from the ex-minister, Bawa said: “You (the media) have accused us several times of media trial but I think it is good to be fair to everybody at all times.
“Justice is a two-way thing, there was nothing like diamond bra. It is just the creation of the social media, I can tell you that for free because I’m the lead investigator.
“I’m not aware of it. If there is something like that, I should know because I led the search.”
There had been claims that the bra was one of the most expensive bras in the world with 1,200 pink Sapphires and diamonds at the center of it.
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