Former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been caught in yet another corruption scandal and this time she reportedly said she is ready to spill the beans. Madueke is being investigated for a series of fraud and money laundering in Nigeria, UK and United States and has allegedly threatened to reveal the part of alleged co-conspirators, Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore.
In a recorded conversation recovered by investigators probing the corrupt allegations against Madueke, she allegedly claimed to be ready to say her part in the alleged fraud. After opening up on everything that transpired in the controversial fraudulent transactions, she said she would allegedly be ready to be thrown in jail along with her co-conspirators.
Details of the conversations have now been allegedly filed as part of a civil complaint by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) seeking the forfeiture of over $144 million slush fund. The complaint revealed how the Madueke, Aluko and Omokore laundered millions of dollars on behalf of Mrs Alison-Madueke, which was used in buying property in the US and the UK for her family in return for oil contracts to Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Ltd, AEDC, and Atlantic Energy brass Development Ltd, AEBD, two Shell companies owned by Mr Omokore.In the conversation with Mr Aluko recorded by herself on May 14, 2014, a clearly angry Mrs Alison-Madueke admitted to helping her associates secure the multi-billion dollars Strategic Alliance Agreements, SAAs, deals. In another conversation with another unknown recipient, the former minister dared Aluko to reveal details of their dealings, and then face the consequences. She was, however, furious at how the ostentatious acquisitions of Messrs Aluko and Omokore might have led law enforcement agencies across the world to their shady dealings.
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