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Nigeria's Former Oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke Arrested in London

Nigeria's Former Oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke Arrested in London

Nigeria's Petroleum Minister and OPEC's alternate president Diezani Alison-Madueke speaks at the annual IHS CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas March 4, 2014.(Reuters)

Abuja: Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria's presidency circle and another with links to her family said.

She was minister under former president Goodluck Jonathan until May 2015.

A police spokesman in London said he had no record of such an arrest. The National Crime Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 
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