UK Jury Set to Decide Diezani Bribery Case

UK Jury Set to Decide Diezani Bribery Case

A London jury is now deliberating the fate of Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, after a four-month trial at Southwark Crown Court. British prosecutors allege she accepted high-end property refurbishments, private jet flights, and designer goods from Harrods in exchange for oil contracts. The case marks the end of a decade-long investigation by the…

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UK Jury Set to Decide Diezani Bribery Case

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…

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