End Central. The Defendant requested for a Solicitor, and was interviewed for Two Hours on Tape by Mr. Clark under caution. During the interview, the Defendant admitted sending Monies from Ebenezer Retnan Ventures and informed him that ‘Ebenezer’ was the name of one of his sons. His Personal Assistant, Christabel Bentu had stated during her interview that of the £50,000, the Sum of £10,000 belonged to her, whilst the Remainder £40,000 was given to her by the Defendant before they left Nigeria. The Defendant was told that if he transferred any more Money, he would be committing further Money Laundering Offences. Whilst Mr. Peter Clark was in Nigeria and investigations were on going, in September 2004, his Colleagues searched the Defendant’s Regent Plaza Apartment with a Search Warrant, and the Defendant was present and had with him the Sum of Eleven Thousand, Nine Hundred and NinetyFive Pounds (£11, 995), which was seized. Also seized were Three (3) Barclays Bank Cheques in the sum of Fifty- Seven Thousand Pounds(£57,000) each. Due to lack of evidence at the time, the Defendant was granted bail and Mr. Clark, believing that the Defendant was a religious man, sought his assurance that he would return on the 14th of December 2004 to answer his Bail. He then signed a Form agreeing to the Terms, but Chief Joshua Dariye, never returned to the United Kingdom. Mr. Peter Clark stated that had there been evidence from the EFCC tainting any of these above Sums, the Defendant would have been charged with a Criminal Offence in London in December 2004. He noted that Christabel Bentu, who was bailed on the same day, also failed to show up. Immediately, after the Defendant failed to answer his bail, he secured a Warrant of Arrest from Bow Street Magistrate Court, which Warrant is still valid. The Defendant was circulated on their Computer System as being Wanted and he remains Wanted as of today. According to Mr. Clark, the Defendant was not extradited because at the time, he was a Serving Governor enjoying Immunity and when he vacated Office in May 2007, the EFCC had already arrested and commenced Criminal Prosecution against him, and Domestic Trial took precedence over a Foreign Trial. The Defendant, through his Solicitors was informed of the Court Proceedings for the forfeiture of Funds suspected to have come from Nigeria and the Bank Accounts of Joyce Oyebanjo and the Defendant’s wife were all frozen, with the Apartment sealed by a High Court Order. He also applied to have the Cash seized from the Defendant and Bentu forfeited. But the Defendant instructed his Solicitors in London to challenge this on the basis of Diplomatic Immunity. Mr. Clark then liaised with the London Foreign Office, who provided him Two (2) Certificates showing that the Defendant was not entitled to such Immunity. Further, Mr. Peter Clark stated that he met and explained to the Nigerian High Commissioner in London, the Provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002, allowing Third Parties to join the Proceedings, which he obliged by applying as a Third-Party. Eventually, the recovered monies were forfeited by an Order of Court and repatriated to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation in Nigeria. The Attorney General of the Federation then instructed a Law Firm in London to recover the Defendant’s Frozen Assets. A High Court Action was commenced and from the evidence he had accumulated, which were presented, the Court ordered that the Defendant’s Properties were to be sold and the proceeds sent to Nigeria. 67