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The heat is getting too much. Indications have emerged that Switzerland might extradite a Nigerian oil baron, Kola Aluko, to the United Kingdom, for his roles in the money allegedly stolen by the embattled former Ministers of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke.

Confirming the development, a top security official said: “There are srong links between the former oil minister and Aluko. Extradition is not out of question.”

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, in an electronic mail to PUNCH, confirmed that the UK had sought for mutual legal assistance from its country.

It was learnt that “the mutual legal assistance” could lead to eventual extradition of Mr. Aluko to the UK in connection with the investigation of former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

A top security official in the United Kingdom confirmed to PUNCH that the probe of Aluko may lead to his deportation to the United Kingdom.

Aluko is a close associate of Alison-Madueke, who was arrested in the UK last week for alleged money laundering. He is said to be on the run in, changing locations in Switzerland to evade arrest.

Another oil baron and Chairman of Atlantic Energy, Jide Omokore, was on Monday quizzed by the EFCC in Nigeria over the ongoing investigation into the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

A credible source told okay's diary that President Muhammadu Buhari is just waiting for his ministers to be sworn in before he also hit hard on several big thieves who are hiding in Nigeria.