, who faces bribery charges filed against her by the United Kingdom government.
According to Reuters, the former minister, during her Monday’s appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court, spoke only to give her name, date of birth and address., but she was not asked to formally enter a plea. Her lawyer, Mark Bowen, told the court she would be pleading not guilty, the news agency also reports.
The advantages, according to the prosecutor, included a delivery of 100,000 pounds in cash, the payment of private school fees for her son, and the use and refurbishment of several luxurious properties in London and in the English countryside. A court document revealed that the suspended chair of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who was appointed to head the team investigating Ms Alison-Madueke and her allies, once travelled to the United Kingdom to interrogate the former minister but could not gain access to her.
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