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Ibe Kachikwu, a former minister of state for petroleum resources, has been mentioned in the criminal charges levelled against Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Alison-Madueke, who was Nigeria’s minister of petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015, is charged with receiving bribes in the form of cash, luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding oil contracts.Kachikwu was mentioned alongside Benedict Peters, Aiteo chief executive officer and Haruna Momoh, a former managing director of pipelines and product marketing company .
According to the court process, Ayinde bribed Kachikwu in August 2015 “with the intention of influencing his capacity as a foreign public official” when Kachikwu was group managing director of theAlison-MaduekeMichael Snow, the district judge, granted her bail in the sum of £70,000.The conditions include an 11 pm to 6 am curfew, an electronic tag to be worn at all times and a £70,000 surety to be paid before she could leave the court building.
Meanwhile, the former minister is also being investigated over allegations of bribery and money laundering in Nigeria.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had alleged that Alison-Madueke stole $2.5 billion from Nigeria’s coffers when she was a minister.
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