The EFCC says the application was part of the requirements by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation for her extradition.
“Okonkwo and Charles Onyedibe are currently being detained by the EFCC over the whereabouts of the new $72.87 million.”
The charges came from an ongoing bribery and money laundering trial of Anthony Stimler, a British national and former West African executive at energy trading giant Glencore.
Nigerian couple entrepreneurs Gloria Igberaese and Muyiwa Folorunsho declared wanted by Interpol have obtained Dominican passports.
The EFCC had accused the former minister of fleeing the country for the UK to escape justice, among others.
Prosecuting counsel Rotimi Jacobs told the court that the two witnesses he had scheduled to call were both indisposed.
The defendants were accused of conspiring to take possession of N650 million and to have received the money from the former Mrs. Alison-Madueke in the build-up to the 2015 general elections.
