Ex-OPEC president facing corruption charges in UK

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LONDON: Former OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria's oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency said on Tuesday (Aug 22). Alison-Madueke has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will appear in court i

LONDON: Former OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria's oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency said on Tuesday .

In an interview with a Nigerian newspaper in November 2015, she was quoted as saying:"I challenge anyone to come forward with facts showing that I stole government or public money.Alison-Madueke, who was in office from 2010 to 2015, was the first woman to be oil minister in Nigeria and the first female president of the global oil cartel OPEC.

"Bribery is a pervasive form of corruption, which enables serious criminality and can have devastating consequences for developing countries," Kelly said. Soon after taking office, former army general Buhari began a drive to root out endemic corruption and end impunity in Africa's most populous nation.

 

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