{"id":1469,"date":"2017-11-02T23:48:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T23:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2017-11-03T01:06:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T01:06:43","slug":"court-rejects-diezani-s-plea-to-return-to-nigeria-for-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/court-rejects-diezani-s-plea-to-return-to-nigeria-for-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Court rejects Diezani&#8217;s plea to return to Nigeria for trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/23069-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Diezani-Alison-Madueke.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for Diezani Allison-Madueke Read more at: https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2017\/09\/alleged-1-6bn-oil-scam-court-strikes-charge-diezani-2\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Agency Report<\/p>\n<p>Nov 3, 2017<\/p>\n<p>A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday refused an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, seeking to come to Nigeria to join in a N500 million criminal charge.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Mohammed Aikawa held that the application by the ex-petroleum minister was not only a misuse of court processes, but a deliberate attempt to evade justice in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dele Belgore and a former Minister of National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Suleiman, on a five count charge bordering on N500 million fraud. Both pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>NAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agency Report Nov 3, 2017 A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday refused an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, seeking to come to Nigeria to join in a N500 million criminal charge. 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