The British national crime agency on Tuesday charged the former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, for bribery-related offences.
The agency alleged in a court document that the ex-minister accepted bribes in excess of £100,000 in return for awarding multi-million-pound oil and gas contracts during her tenure as a minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The head of the NCA’s international corruption unit, Andy Kelly, who confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday, said Alison-Madueke would appear in a London court on October 2.
