May 18, 2026
File: Diezani Alison-Madueke. Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP.
The jury in the trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke began their deliberations after nearly four months at London’s Southwark Crown Court, Reuters reported on Monday.
Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015 under then-President Goodluck Jonathan, has pleaded not guilty to five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery.
Prosecutors allege Alison-Madueke, 65, led a “life of luxury” in London, being given high-end properties to stay in and taken on luxury shopping sprees by industry figures interested in lucrative oil and gas contracts.
