My people, abeg make we gist about wetin dey happen for London wey don hot since last week! The former oil minister for Naija, Diezani Alison-Madueke, don carry her body waka enter court as the big trial wey plenty pipo dey wait for don start.
As e be so, this 65-year-old mama wey be the first woman president of OPEC, dey face five counts of receiving bribes and one count of conspiracy. All these wahala nah from her time as Minister for Petroleum Resources between 2010 and 2015 when Goodluck Jonathan dey run the show for Naija. Wetin she do go reach level wey National Crime Agency (NCA) catch am for London.
According to the gist, dem dey accuse her of collecting cash, properties, and even luxury gifts. Imagine say you collect £100,000, private jet trips, arrange school fees for your pikin, and even fine bag from Harrods and Louis Vuitton! Talk about a lifestyle full of sugar, ebey!
Last week she show face for court for preliminary hearing, wey dey involve selection of jury and technical issues. Dem don arrange the full trial to dey run for about 10 to 12 weeks. E no go easy at all, as two other persons, Doye Agama and Olatimbo Ayinde, dey join am for the matter. Dem dey face the same bribery charges related to Diezani wahala.
Diezani don dey on bail since dem arrest am for October 2015, but she dey deny all the allegations wey dem throway her side. Meanwhile, NCA don talk say dem suspect she misuse her power and chop money wey no be for her pocket for awarding contracts wey be multimillion-pounds.
Abeg, make I drop this one: earlier for this year, dem recover assets worth $53.1 million wey dey linked to her alleged corruption. This one include fine house wey dey California and New York and even one superyacht wey dem dey call Galactica Star. Na wetin we call high-profile crime, my people!
Diezani no be small woman. Born for Port Harcourt in 1960, she study architecture for Britain and America before she join Shell’s subsidiary for Naija. With her experience, she hold serious positions for government, starting from 2007, as Transport Minister before she turn Petroleum Minister.
Naijaloadites, make we follow this matter well well, because as Dem dey run am, e fit change how dem dey look bribery matter for Naija and even the world. The case gree maintain important implications for accountability and corruption wey don dey worry plenty people for Africa.
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