A former Minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, as well as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a series of publications by the commission alleging that she stole billions while in office.
The court document filed on May 26, and obtained by SaharaReporters on Friday, said the anti-graft authority had authored several reports in a manner that portrayed the former official “as a common looter of the national wealth and a debased and corrupt public officer.Alison-Madueke is the claimant and the EFCC is the sole respondent, while the Attorney General of the Federation , Abubakar Malami, is the second defendant in the suit.
In the lawsuit, Mrs Alison-Madueke demanded the sum of N100 billion as damages against the EFCC for the false publications. “A DECLARATION that the publication titled, “By virtue of an order of the Federal High Court of Nigeria sitting in Abuja, Diezani Alison Madueke, had forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria, the sum of $40,000,000.
“A DECLARATION that the false and defamatory statement made by the 1st Defendant of and concerning the Claimant on or about 8th August, 2017, to the effect that the Claimant has embezzled the sum of N47.
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