Nigeria’s ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani gets £70,000 bail in alleged £100,000 bribery trial

The ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources in the former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been granted bail to the tune of £70,000 byWestminister Magistrates Court in the United Kingdom on Monday.

She appeared before the Court to answer charges over bribery allegations of the sum of £100,000.

The district judge, Michael Snow, granted Alison-Madueke a £70,000 bail.

Snow further imposed other terms on Alison-Madueke including an 11 pm to 6 am curfew, an electronic tag to be worn by her at all times and a £70,000 surety to be paid before she could leave the court building.

During her appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court, she provided her name, date of birth, and address.

Although she did not formally enter a plea, her attorney, Mark Bowen, informed the court that she would plead not guilty, Reuters reported.

Her next court appearance will be at Southwark Crown Court, which deals with serious criminal cases, on October 30.