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Ex-Nigerian oil chief threatened to take execs to jail, UK bribery trial hears

By Martin Coyle ( January 28, 2026, 16:40 GMT | Insight) -- A former Nigerian oil minister facing bribery-related charges was secretly recorded telling an oil executive that she would "escort" him and others to jail as their working relationship broke down, a London court heard on Wednesday. Diezani Alison-Madueke denies allegations that she received millions of dollars of gifts in return for improperly awarding lucrative oil contracts to Nigerian companies Atlantic Energy and SPOG Petrochemical.A former Nigerian oil minister was secretly recorded telling an oil executive that she would take him and others to jail as their working relationship broke down, a London court heard on Wednesday....

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