UK law enforcement agency that conducted a 13-year investigation into former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke for bribery, which ended in acquittal in 2026.
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The Ghanaian Times
… In a written statement given to National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators in June 2016, Ghanian businessman Okyere said he had paid for items bought at Peter Jones by Alison-Madueke two years earlier after bumping into her at the tills and seeing she did not have enough money. …
Oil tycoons deny paying bribes to former Nigerian ministerJoy Online
… In a written statement given to National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators in June 2016, Ghanaian businessman Okyere said he had paid for items bought at Peter Jones by Alison-Madueke two years earlier, after bumping into her at the tills and seeing that she did not have enough mo …
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