A former Nigerian oil minister has been cleared of taking bribes from wealthy oil executives in the form of luxury home stays and lavish spending sprees in the UK.
Diezani Alison-Madueke, 65, was found not guilty after a trial at London’s Southward Crown Court charged her of five counts of accepting bribes and a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.
Alison-Madueke was Nigeria’s oil minister between 2010 and 2015 and the first female president of the oil exporters group Opec.
The verdict is a blow for the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), which had been investigating one of Africa’s most prominent political figures for 13 years.
By BBC
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