Last week, former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, appeared in court in London 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 billions of dollars in oil contracts. She was Nigeria’s minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015. Alison-Madueke is the second high-profile Nigerian politician to face prosecution in Britain in recent years, following James Ibori, a former state governor who was convicted of fraud and money-laundering in 2012 and received a 13-year jail sentence. Nigeria is Africa’s top oil producer but has suffered systemic corruption involving ruling politicians, hampering development and preventing oil wealth from benefitting wider society. See https://saharareporters.com/2023/10/06/exclusive-uk-court-documents-detail-how-nigerias-ex-petroleum-minister-alison-madueke#:~:text=Court%20documents%20from%20Central%20London,return%20for%20awarding%20oil%20contracts.
