UK court: Buhari’s ex-minister indicted in Diezani’s ‘bribery’ case

  • A former minister of state for petroleum resources, has been pointed out in Diezani Alison-Madueke’s criminal case
  • Ibe Kachikwu and two others were mentioned in the court cases document sighted by a Nigerian publication on Wednesday, October 4
  • The UK court process indicates that Kachikwu was bribed in August 2015 “with the intention of influencing his capacity as a foreign public official”

Ibe Kachikwu, a former minister of state for petroleum resources, has been mentioned in the criminal charges levelled against Diezani Alison-Madueke, a report by The Cable confirmed.

Alison-Madueke, who was Nigeria’s minister of petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015, is charged with receiving bribes in the form of cash, luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding oil contracts.