Diezani, who was
A former Nigerian Minister of
Mrs Alison-Madueke, who was
She allegedly received bribes as
According to Reuters, the former minister, on Monday, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court, where she spoke only to give her name, date of birth and address.
The charges against her were read out in court, but she was not asked formally to enter a plea. Her lawyer,
Mrs Alison-Madueke, aged 63, who also served as president of the Organization of thePetroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), was a key figure in the Nigerian government between 2010 and 2015.
The former minister, who has subsisting criminal summons issued against her by a
She was charged in August with six bribery offences.
She has spent the past eight years on police bail, living in St John's Wood, an expensive area of
Charges
The
She allegedly accepted bribes during her time as Minister for
She is alleged to have benefitted from at least £100,000 in cash, chauffeur driven cars, flights on private jets, luxury holidays for her family, and the use of multiple
Her charges also detail financial rewards including furniture, renovation work and staff for the properties, payment of private school fees, and gifts from high-end designer shops such as Cartier jewellery and
Nigerian dimension
The administration of the immediate-past Nigerian president
Activities of Ms Alison-Madueke's
The former minister quickly became a subject of intense investigations and legal proceedings in
A court document revealed that the current chair of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who was appointed to head the team investigating Ms Alison-Madueke and her allies, once travelled to the
EFCC's investigations culminated in the money laundering charges filed against her in 2018. The commission also targeted high-worth assets it believed she acquired with proceeds of crimes for forfeiture.
Activities of some officials of the agencies linked to her ministry were also subject of corruption charges.
Some electoral officers have also been jailed for funds they allegedly received from NNPC on her watch to manipulate the results of the 2015 elections.
On different occasions, the
The EFCC blamed the
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