Nigeria says ex-president and his oil minister took bribes – court filing


  • World
  • Saturday, 11 May 2019

FILE PHOTO: Former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan speaks to the media next to an observer in Monrovia, Liberia December 26, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon/File Photo

ABUJA (Reuters) - The Nigerian government has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan and his then oil minister of accepting bribes and breaking the country's laws to broker a $1.3 billion oil deal eight years ago, a London court filing shows.

The deal, in which Anglo-Dutch company Royal Dutch Shell and Italian peer Eni jointly acquired the rights to the OPL 245 offshore oilfield, has spawned legal cases spanning several countries.

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