The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has recovered only about 15 percent of the funds allegedly misappropriated by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu who made the disclosure on Thursday said the anti-graft agency was collaborating with the United Kingdom on her case as efforts were being made to extradite her back to Nigeria.

“We are working on the process of Diezani’s extradition. But we have to allow the UK government because we are collaborating. There is the National Crime Agency and the Crown Prosecution Service in London, Department of Justice and our colleagues, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in America,” Magu said.

“We are working not only on the Diezani case; but the Diezani case has become a test case. It is even more notorious than the so-called Abacha loot because we have not seen anything yet. I’m sure what we have seen is not more than may be 15 percent. I think it is going to be a long time.

“Diezani has a lot of people who are well connected like Jide Omokore who are international businessmen. We will go after the criminals because we don’t wait for protocol. Delay is dangerous; when you delay you will not see it. So we are ready to cooperate with everybody and people have shown willingness.”

He explained  that the commission was making efforts to involve experienced lawyers to reduce the rate of lost cases and called for the cooperation of all Nigerians in its bid to eradicate corruption in the country.