Diezani was just ‘rubber-stamp’ for oil contracts under Jonathan, Lawyer tells UK court

Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke’s lawyer, Jonathan Laidlaw, rejected the allegations that she exercised decisive control over major oil sector deals, saying she was just a ‘rubber stamp’ when she served as oil minister in the Goodluck Jonathan administration. He told jurors at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday that Mrs...