Nigeria: After Diezani, Others' Acquittal, What Next?
Also cleared by the court were her older brother, Doye Agama, 69, an archbishop at a Pentecostal church in Manchester, who was acquitted of conspiracy to commit bribery; and oil industry executive, Olatimbo Ayinde, 54, who was cleared of allegations of bribery of a foreign public official. The verdict was a blow for the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), which investigated one of Africa's most prominent political figures for 13 years. After leaving office in 2015, Diezani, alongside her family members and associates became the worst victims of former President Muhammadu Buhari's vindictive anti-corruption campaign.
- ▪Also cleared by the court were her older brother, Doye Agama, 69, an archbishop at a Pentecostal church in Manchester, who was acquitted of conspiracy to commit bribery; and oil industry executive, Olatimbo Ayinde, 54, who was cleared of al
- ▪The verdict was a blow for the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), which investigated one of Africa's most prominent political figures for 13 years.
- ▪After leaving office in 2015, Diezani, alongside her family members and associates became the worst victims of former President Muhammadu Buhari's vindictive anti-corruption campaign.
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Following the discharge and acquittal of the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke by a UK court after she and other former key players and other stakeholders in Nigeria's oil and gas industry had suffered reputational damage, the Nigerian government owes them restitution and an additional obligation of ensuring that their successors also clear themselves of allegations surrounding the N210 trillion alleged to be missing in the NNPC Limited. Last month, the London's Southwark Crown Court cleared Diezani, who was Nigeria's petroleum minister between 2010 and 2015 and the first female president of the oil exporters group, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), of five counts of accepting bribes from wealthy oil executives in the form of luxury…
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