President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the cooperation of the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom in the investigation of fugitives from Nigeria finding accommodation in that country.
Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said the Nigerian leader made the call during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London on Monday.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020.
Mr Buhari said the ongoing anti-corruption war in Nigeria, though slow but painstaking, needed the cooperation of the Agency.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke and other Nigerian fugitives in the UK had fled into exile since 2015 when the current administration of Mr Buhari came on board.
It would be recalled that in 2017, a Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Abdulazeez Anka, had ordered the final forfeiture of N7.6 billion alleged loot recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from Alison-Madueke.
Mr Buhari also updated Mr Johnson on the positive developments in Nigeria in different areas of national endeavour.
He told Mr Johnson of strides in agriculture, leading almost to self-sufficiency in rice and other grains, which is saving the country billions in foreign exchange, which are now deployed to other areas of development.
