Ex-petroleum minister, Alison-Madueke faces bribery charges in UK court

Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, appeared in a London court on Monday to face charges bordering on receiving bribes in the form of cash, according to Reuters.

She has spent the past eight years on police bail, living in St John’s Wood, an expensive area of London. Prosecutor Andy Young said she was alleged to have accepted a wide range of benefits in cash and in kind from people who wanted to receive or continue to receive the award of oil contracts which he said were worth billions of dollars in total.

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