'DIEZANI PLAYED GOD. EVEN JONATHAN COULD NOT TAME HER'- Agbaje

Lagos-based constitutional lawyer, Fred Agbaje
has urged the incoming ministers to learn from
the ongoing trial of former Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Diezani is being tried in the United Kingdom (UK)
by Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) for
alleged bribery and corruption-related charges.
In an interview with Daily Independent, Agbaje
said Diezani’s trial was a manifestation that the
war against corruption spearheaded by President
Muhammadu Buhari was gaining ground and that
looters of the nation’s patrimony would not
escape justice.
He lamented how Diezani behaved like “a thin god
and was so powerful that even her boss, former
President Goodluck Jonathan could not tame her.”
“It is not only a welcome development but also a
manifestation that the war against corruption is
being recognised both locally and internationally.
It is a testimony to the fact that there is no hiding
place for any criminal in Nigeria again”.
“The world has indeed become a global village.
Anybody who commits a crime in Nigeria and
takes to his or heels by seeking sanctuary abroad
cannot escape justice. Anywhere you are in the
world, you will be smoked out to come and face
trial.
“The likes of Diezani, who became a thin god in
Nigeria when she was in office should know that
the end of culture of impunity has come with the
war against corruption in Nigeria. They were the
laws of the land during Jonathan’s regime.
“Jonathan became so helpless in taming the
ministers he appointed. The ministers became so
powerful beyond redemption.
“One is happy that one of them is being tried
internationally now. It is a good show for the fight
against corruption and will make the incoming
ministers know that there is fire on the mountain.
They themselves will have to run”, he said.