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Dele Momodu has dismissed reports making the rounds that former Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke has been offered a position by the
Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and that she also carries a
diplomatic passport issued to her by the Dominican government. |
A report shared by The Nation earlier today said the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) move to secure the extradition of the
former minister to answer to charges of N23.29 billion poll bribery
scandal, has suffered a setback following her claim to citizenship of
the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Diezani was alleged to have been issued a diplomatic passport,
DP0000445 by the Dominican Government on May 21, 2015 shortly before the
handover to President Buhari by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The
citizenship of the former Minister who was subsequently appointed as a
Trade and Investment Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Dominica, was
confirmed in a May 29, 2015 approval letter by the Prime Minister of the
Commonwealth of Dominica, Roosevelt Kerry.
In a new report posted on his platform, The Boss, Momodu said as of
today June 7, Diezani Allison-Madueke has not been appointed
Commissioner nor does she hold a diplomatic passport of the Commonwealth
of Dominica.
According to Momodu, the truth of the matter is that Diezani was
offered these privileges but they never came to fruition as they were
suspended since October 2015.
In 2015, a Dominican news platform, DA Vibes, shared a statement from
the office of the nation’s Prime Minister dismissing claims that the
former Petroleum Minister had been offered their citizenship. According
to reports, the offer for her to become a citizen was immediately
suspended after she was arrested in London in October 2015.
The report reads
There is no truth to the rumour of a former Government Minister of
Nigeria being offered or encouraged by the Prime Minister or Government
of Dominica to make The Commonwealth of Dominica her home.
Prime Minister Skerrit explained that in May of this year, during a
routine stop-over visit to London, Madueke was introduced to him as the
immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources in Nigeria and also
immediate past President of OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries. These discussions however took place well before
any question of an investigation by the relevant authorities arose.
Prime Minister, Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit has made clear that the
idea of relocating to Dominica was never discussed, far less agreed, in
any discussions with or on behalf of Diezani Alison Madueke, the
ex-minister of Petroleum Resources in Nigeria, who is now under
investigation by United Kingdom and Nigerian authorities. Indeed, the
Prime Minister said the discussions surrounded her continued residence
in the United Kingdom and ability to travel to Africa in order assist
Dominica.
The Prime Minister stated:
“The academic and professional credentials of Mrs. Madueke were
impeccable. She had been a senior government minister since 2007, having
served also as Minister of Transport and Minister of Mines and Steel
Development. Additionally, she served as an Executive Official and
Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria.
In my Budget Address to the people of Dominica two years ago, I
outlined the intention and policy of my Government to recruit persons of
experience, influence and integrity to serve and represent Dominica in
various capacities abroad. As a small nation with very limited
resources, we do not have the capacity to establish consular or other
offices in many regions of the world. In this case, who better to speak
for and on behalf of Dominica in parts of the African continent than a
former President of OPEC and former Chairman of the West African Gas
Pipeline Authority.
Also, it must be recalled here that Mrs. Maduekewas educated in the
United Kingdom and United States of America, having studied for her
Bachelor’s degree at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and
post-graduate studies at Cambridge University in the UK.
So, on the recommendation of a number of outstanding individuals of
note, and after thorough due diligence studies were undertaken, the
Government of Dominica agreed to the appointment of the former Nigerian
Government Minister as Trade and Investment Commissioner for Dominica,
with the specific remit of promoting and marketing the trade and
investment opportunities of Dominica. This was especially the case
considering her obvious contacts following her stint as President of
OPEC.
The issue of her relocating to Dominica was never raised in any of
our discussions, because at the time Mrs. Madueke was to my knowledge in
good standing in Nigeria and United Kingdom, having only just demitted
office in Nigeria and established living arrangements in the United
Kingdom.
The arrangement of Mrs. Madueke serving in an honorary capacity, with
no direct remuneration from Dominica and Dominica facilitating her
travels across Europe and Africa with the issuance of a diplomatic
passport, was entirely in accordance with existing convention, protocol
and practice, until the very recent and unexpected development of the
investigations by UK and Nigerian authorities. This development was not
foreseen nor anticipated by the due diligence undertaken on behalf of
the Government, and could not have been and was not foreseen by me or
the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica.
I should add that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs moved with dispatch
to suspend all relations with Mrs. Madueke immediately following her
arrest in October 2015, pending the outcome of the investigations. This
suspension took place in the month of October. Our position is that the
relationship with Mrs. Madueke and all that flows from this will remain
completely suspended until such time as the probe into her conduct as a
Minister of Government is concluded and a determination made by the
relevant authorities.”
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