The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained an arrest warrant as it begins the extradition process of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE, from the United Kingdom back to Nigeria, to face the 13-count charges bordering on money laundering levelled against her by the anti-graft agency.

The EFCC made this announcement in a statement signed by its spokesperson, DELE OYEWALE, following the trial of ALISON-MADUEKE by a court in the United Kingdom.

The commission further revealed that the money laundering charges for which ALISON-MADUEKE is answerable to the EFCC cover jurisdictions in the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Nigeria.

The former minister, who currently lives in St John’s Wood, London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court yesterday after being charged with bribery offences amounting to 100,000 pounds following a National Crime Agency investigation.