Nigeria Ex-Oil Minister Seeks $215 Million in Defamation Lawsuit
- Outgoing government accused Alison-Madueke of corruption
- The former official, living in the UK, denies the allegations
Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Photographer: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images
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A former Nigerian oil minister filed a defamation lawsuit against the country’s anti-corruption agency, demanding $215 million in damages.
Diezani Alison-Madueke sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on May 26, which was President Muhammadu Buhari’s last working day in office. His administration initiated multiple legal cases against the former minister since coming to power in 2015, in which it accused her of graft during five years at the helm of the West African nation’s key economic sector.