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“Alison-Madueke, who was Nigeria’s minister of petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015, is charged with receiving bribes in the form of cash, luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding oil contracts.”
Diezanni Allison-Madueke
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | OCTOBER 5, 2023
Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, a former minister of state for petroleum resources, has been mentioned in the criminal charges leveled against Diezani Alison-Madueke according to TheCable report.
Alison-Madueke, who was Nigeria’s minister of petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015, is charged with receiving bribes in the form of cash, luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding oil contracts.
In the court process seen by TheCable, Kachikwu was mentioned alongside Benedict Peters, Aiteo chief executive officer (CEO) and Haruna Momoh, a former managing director of pipelines and product marketing company (PPMC).
Other Nigerians mentioned as defendants in the court process are Olatimbo Bukola Ayinde and Doye Agama. The report said that Ayinde bribed Kachikwu in August 2015 “with the intention of influencing his capacity as a foreign public official” when Kachikwu was group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The document added that the act was contrary to sections 6 and 11 of the Bribery Act 2010.
Alison-Madueke appeared before a Westminster magistrates’ court on Monday but did not take her plea. Michael Snow, the district judge, granted her bail in the sum of £70,000. Snow, however, imposed other conditions on the former minister after deeming her “a flight risk”. The conditions include an 11 pm to 6 am curfew, an electronic tag to be worn at all times and a £70,000 surety to be paid before she could leave the court building.
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