{
  "id": 12541420,
  "title": "Nigeria: EFCC Opposes Diezani's Move to Present Evidence of UK Court Acquittal in Abuja Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/nigeria-efcc-opposes-diezanis-move-to-present-evidence-of-uk-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T04:01:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610070132.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has objected to former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke's attempt to present evidence of her acquittal from a UK court in connection with her Nigerian case. The EFCC urged Judge Inyang Ekwo to dismiss her application, arguing that the UK judgement is irrelevant to the issues at hand. The anti-graft agency filed a counter-affidavit stating that the alleged acquittal by a foreign court has no bearing on the specific matters to be decided in the Nigerian legal action. The court previously granted the former minister permission to present the UK evidence, which prompted the EFCC to file its response. The UK court acquitted Mrs Alison-Madueke of bribery charges in June, finding her not guilty of all counts. The former minister, who served as Nigeria's petroleum minister from 2010 to 2015, had been accused of accepting bribes and conspiring to commit bribery. She has been seeking to recover her confiscated assets by suing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria.",
  "summary": "[Premium Times] EFCC maintained that the UK judgement was irrelevant to the case Diezani filed in court for the recovery of her auctioned assets.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "This Day",
        "title": "Acquittal: EFCC Challenges Diezani’s Presentation of UK Court Judgment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/acquittal-efcc-challenges-diezanis-presentation-of-uk-court-judgment",
        "published": "2026-10-07T04:34:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}