Alison-Madueke cleared of all charges in UK court

A United Kingdom Court has cleared erstwhile Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of bribery charges.

According to Reuters, a assemblage astatine Southwark Crown Court successful London connected Wednesday recovered Alison-Madueke not blameworthy of six counts bordering connected bribery and conspiracy to perpetrate bribery.

DAILY POST recalls that Alison-Madueke served arsenic Minister of Petroleum Resources betwixt 2010 and 2015 nether the medication of Goodluck Jonathan.

She was accused of accepting bribes from lipid and state manufacture figures seeking lucrative contracts successful Nigeria.

According to prosecutors, she was provided with “a beingness of luxury” successful London successful speech for power implicit the grant of contracts.

However, the ex-minister denied each the allegations and maintained passim the proceedings that she ne'er accepted bribes and had nary nonstop power implicit the grant of authorities contracts.

After much than 46 hours of deliberations, the assemblage returned unanimous not-guilty verdi...