Tragedy of Nigeria’s Imelda as Diezani loses $40m jewellery to FG

Diezani Allison-Madueke is not a First Lady, but her penchant for expensive pieces of jewellery placed her on the same pedestal as Imelda Marcos, the legendary Philipino First Lady famous for her love for expensive jewelleries and shoes. A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the permanent forfeiture of a massive 2,149 pieces of jewellery and a customised gold iPhone, valued at $40m, recovered from the Abuja home of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Nicholas Nicholas Oweibo held…

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