The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has in a swift reaction to the United States allegations of fraud of money laundering and subsequent indictment of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Limited, Chief Allen Onyema, noted that the Nigerian Government was yet to be informed.
According to Malami, the Federal government has yet to receive officially from the U.S any request for the arrest or extradition of Chief Onyema in accordance with the biding mutual legal agreement on criminal matters between the two countries.
Reports have it that a United States District Court in the Northern District of Georgia had indicted Chief Onyema on allegations of money laundering and bank fraud charges in the U.S.
The warrant, according to reports, was signed by an American magistrate, Justin Anand, on November 19. It authorised the U.S. Marshals Service to immediately take Onyema into custody for questioning.
As a result,the United States authorities had frozen about $14.2 million in different bank accounts linked to companies registered by Onyema.