Ex-petroleum minister Diezani is asking for N100 billion compensation for publications by EFCC and the AGF which she claimed falsely portrayed her “as a common looter of the national wealth and a debased and corrupt public officer.”
and the Attorney-General of the Federation for their alleged libelous publications accusing her of corruption.
Ms Alison-Madueke, 62, who has left Nigeria and been living in the United Kingdom since 2015, filed the suit through her lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, urged the court to declare some specific corruption allegations, which appeared on various news platforms and EFCC websites between 2016 and 2022 as false. The former minister quickly became a subject of intense investigations and legal proceedings in Nigeria as soon as the new government settled down.
Some electoral officers have also been jailed for funds they allegedly received from NNPC on her watch to manipulate the results of the 2015 elections.against her as part of the process of bringing her to Nigeria to face charges.
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