A United Kingdom Court has granted Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke bail in the sum of £70,000 surety to be paid before she could leave the court building.
Alison-Madueke who has spent the past eight years on police bail, living in St John’s Wood appeared in Court today over an alleged £100,000 bribe.
Prosecutor Andy Young said she was alleged to have accepted a wide range of benefits in cash and in kind from people who wanted to receive or continue to receive the award of oil contracts which he said were worth billions of dollars in total.
But the district judge, Michael Snow, granted Alison-Madueke a £70,000 bail, alongside an 11 pm to 6 am curfew.
She is also to wear an electronic tag at all times.
