Kola Aluko Set For Extradition To UK After Diezani Arrest

Nigerian oil baron, Kola Aluko may be extradited to the United Kingdom in the next few days to face charges.

Dropping hints of the impending extradition, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has confirmed that the UK had sought for mutual legal assistance from its country.

Nathalie Guth of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, stated, “I refer to your request of today and we can confirm that the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has received a request for mutual legal assistance from England in this context.”

He declined to give further information on the request.

The PUNCH reports that “the mutual legal assistance” could lead to eventual extradition of Aluko to the UK in connection with the investigation of former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Aluko is an associate of Alison-Madueke, who was arrested in the UK last week for alleged bribery and money laundering.

Another oil baron and Chairman of Atlantic Energy, Jide Omokore, was on Monday quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the ongoing investigation into the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.