Decade-long UK corruption case collapses as former Nigerian oil minister cleared
Jury at Southwark Crown Court acquits Diezani Alison-Madueke and her two co-defendants of every charge, ending a case that took more than a decade to reach trial
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Jury at Southwark Crown Court acquits Diezani Alison-Madueke and her two co-defendants of every charge, ending a case that took more than a decade to reach trial
A London jury has cleared Diezani Alison-Madueke of all bribery charges after a five-month trial, closing an eleven-year chapter for Nigeria's former oil minister.
Nigerian oil tycoon Igho Sanomi and Ghanaian businessman Kevin Okyere have denied paying bribes to former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke at her London trial.
On trial in London, Diezani Alison Madueke is cast as a symbol of graft. Her defenders say the story has often outrun the evidence.
Diezani Alison-Madueke, OPEC’s first female president and Nigeria’s ex-oil minister spent $2.75 million at Harrods, facing UK bribery scrutiny.
Alison-Madueke served as Nigeria’s minister for petroleum resources under former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Omokore said his connection with Alison-Madueke was no more than professional.