Another Diezani’s $37.5m mansion uncovered on Banana Island (Photo)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is linking a new $37.5m property  to  former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The exquisite  15-storey building which is  located on the highbrow Banana Island in Lagos is the latest on the list of choice  properties said to have been acquired by the ex-minister with alleged stolen public funds.

It is an 18 flat edifice.

A reliable EFCC  source said yesterday that the ownership of the building was discovered this week in the course of  the investigation of the former minister.

(A View of the 15-storey building)

The source said: “The property Building 3, Block B, is a 15 storey edifice comprising 18 flats and 6 penthouses, Bella Vista at Plot 1, Zone N, Federal Government Layout, Banana Island Layout, Foreshore Estate, Off Onikoyi Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

“The property was acquired by the former minister between 2011 and 2012 at a total cost of $37,500,000USD from the developers, YF Construction Development and Real Estate.

“It was acquired in the name of a Shell company, Rusimpex Limited under the control of a  certain Mr. Afamefuna Nwokedi in Lagos.

“The investigation continues.”

The  EFCC source said the agency might  seize the property.

Properties which EFCC records show as belonging to Mrs.Alison-Madueke are:

• A block of 6 unit service apartments at Awolowo Road, Ikoyi

*Six unit terrace flats in Yaba, Lagos

• Twin four-bedroom duplexes in Lekki Phase I
• Two duplexes in Banana Island
• A duplex in Asokoro. District, Abuja
• A mini-estate in Mabushi, Abuja
• A set of 12 terrace duplexes at Omaremi Street  in Port Harcourt
• Large expanse of land at Oniru, Victoria Island in Lagos

* A multi-billion Naira estate in Yenagoa

* Two apartments in Dubai marked as J5 Emirates Hills (30million Dirham) and  E146 Emirates Hills valued at 44million Dirham

* A hotel in Port Harcourt under investigation.

The former minister in a January 21 2017 lengthy statement in London denied being a thief.

She accused the EFCC of  taking advantage of her silence all this while to put her on media trial and cited the   $153million which she was accused of withdrawing from the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation( NNPC) while in office.

-The Nation