Former President of OPEC Is Charged With Bribery Offences in London
Diezani Alison-Madueke is a former Nigerian minister for petroleum resources
Nigeria's Diezani Alison-Madueke, minister of petroleum resources speaks to journalists prior to an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria on June 11, 2014. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images
A former president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), who lives in London, has been charged with bribery offences stemming from her time as a Nigerian government minister.
Diezani Alison-Madueke, 63, was minister for petroleum resources under President Goodluck Jonathan between 2010 and 2015.
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