Diezani Alison-Madueke
Diezani asks court to vacate 3yr bench warrant
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources in the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order setting aside the bench warrant issued against her on July 24, 2020.
Alison-Madueke, in a motion on notice brought by her counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon, sought a court order extending the time within which she could seek leave to apply for the order discharging the bench warrant.
Alison-Madueke served as minister between 2010 and 2015.
The ex-minister, who sought an order granting leave to apply for the order, also urged the court to strike out her name as “a defendant in charge number; FHC/ABJ/CR/208/2018 between the Federal Republic of Nigeria V. Diezani Alison Madueke, pending before this honourable court.”
