Diezani: Cancer As An Escape Hatch? No!

In certain grave situations, in situations when tears are not enough, you substitute with a wry and impotent laughter. Nigeria is the only country I know where thieves have no shame. A place where the victim gets more victimized and finds no pity, no succor. Former Petroleum minister reeled out her good education in defense of her light fingers, ostentatious lifestyle and atrocious spending of public funds while she was minister. How bitter! How strange! May God save us from a knowledge that does not benefit. What use has Diezani's education been to Nigeria? Diezani grasps like a squirrel, covets like a monkey and more avaricious than a wolf. She is easily the most decorated Nigerian thief. First Nigerian woman to be a director in an oil company, first female petroleum minister, first female OPEC President and all. Even Dasuki does not come a tad close. Dasuki is only the thief of thieves, an equal opportunity dispenser who facilitates equitable sharing of loot without fear or favor.

Court Orders Worldwide Freeze Of $1.8 Billion Assets of Kola Aluko, Jide Omikore (+PHOTOS)

Court Orders Worldwide Freeze Of $1.8 Billion In Assets Stolen By Kola Aluko, Jide Omikore And Atlantic Energy.

A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the Federal Government injunctions freezing assets and funds in and outside the country traced to two Nigerian businessmen, Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, as well as their companies – Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited (AEDC), Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited (AEBD).

Omokore and Aluko are accused of benefiting from some shady transactions with the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.

They are also said to be indebted to the government to the tune of $1.8 billion.

Justice O. O. Oguntoyinbo, in an ex-parte ruling, granted mareva injunctions restraining the duo from dealing with the funds in some local and foreign banks and assets in Nigeria and abroad, pending the determination of a substantive suit filed by the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).