Ex-Nigerian oil minister Alison-Madueke says UK probe damaged her reputation after acquittal
Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke told the BBC that a long British investigation had damaged her reputation and integrity. She was acquitted of bribery charges by a UK court after a six-month trial.
Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke told BBC Africa that a years-long investigation by Britain's Metropolitan Police and the National Crime Agency had damaged both her personal reputation and her professional integrity. She left Nigeria in 2015 and faced a lengthy legal process in the UK that ended in acquittal on bribery charges after a six-month trial.
British prosecutors had alleged that the former minister benefited from oil-tender processes involving foreign companies. Alison-Madueke denied all allegations and said the length of the proceedings, combined with adverse public perception, had affected her disproportionately.
The case has been closely followed in Nigeria, where a separate corruption inquiry remains open. Her lawyers said they would seek a no-case ruling for the files still active in Nigeria following the UK verdict.
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