Diezani Had No Power Over Oil Contracts, Defence Tells UK Court
Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke had no decisive authority to award major oil and gas contracts during her tenure and functioned merely as a “rubber stamp” for recommendations from senior civil servants, her defence counsel told jurors at Southwark Crown Court in London on Thursday. Jonathan Laidlaw, appearing for Alison-Madueke, rejected…