By Jilams Odigwe
ABUJA/Nigeria: Diezani’s lawyer, John Binns has been accused of repeated preventing the EFCC from investigating her. According to a report by the Punch, the anti-graft agency’s efforts have allegedly been thwarted by Binns of BCL Solicitors, who have been representing the ex-minister in legal matters in the United Kingdom where she has been staying since 2005. An occurrence of Binns’ effort to thwart possible opportunity to interrogate the accused ex-minister was in March 2017 when EFCC’s team of investigators led by Abdulrasheed Bawa tried to meet her in the UK but proved abortive as Binns refused to allow the commission.
However, an EFCC detective, Rufai Zaki has said that it was not yet possible to bring Diezani back to Nigeria as she was being investigated by the UK’s Metropolitan Police for several other financial crimes, saying the probe had reached an advanced stage.
