London Court Acquits Diezani Alison-Madueke Of All Corruption Charges

Diezani Alison Madueke

The former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been acquitted by a London jury of six bribery charges. This comes after ‌a rare corruption trial of a high-profile former energy official, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Facing charges with five counts of accepting bribes and a ​charge of conspiracy to commit bribery, Diezani stated that she never took any bribes and had no real ​influence over the awarding of lucrative government contracts.

After a trial at London’s Southwark ‌Crown ⁠Court, Alison-Madueke was acquitted by a jury of all six charges she faced after more than 46 hours of deliberation.

Alison-Madueke stood trial alongside oil industry executive Olatimbo Ayinde, who was ​charged with one count of bribery relating to ​Diezani ⁠and a separate count of bribery of a foreign public official.

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