According to Punch there were strong indications on
Wednesday that Switzerland might extradite Nigerian oil baron, Kola Aluko, to
the United Kingdom.
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, in an
email to one of its correspondents, confirmed that the UK had sought for mutual
legal assistance from its country.
In an e-mail sent to it, the office of the AGF of
Switzerland was asked if it had received extradition request from the UK on the
businessman.
It was also asked to specify the time the extradition
process would begin and when he would be extradited.
In his response, Nathalie Guth of the Office of the Attorney
General of Switzerland, said:
“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 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.
When Punch contacted the spokesperson for the UK High
Commission in Abuja on Wednesday,Joe Abuku, he said:
“I can’t give any information on the extradition issue
because the official that would brief me is out of town and cannot be reached
on the phone, but I will try and get him tomorrow (today),” he said.
A top security official in the United Kingdom told The PUNCH
that:
“There are srong links between the former oil minister and
Aluko. Extradition is not out of question.”
Aluko is an associate of former Petroleum Minister,
Alison-Madueke, who was arrested in the UK last week for alleged bribery and
money laundering.
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