$1.6bn fraud: Court grants strikes out fraud charge against Allison-Madueke Deizani

One out of the nine counts of $1.6bn crude oil fraud instituted against businessman, Jide Omokore, and five others, have been struck out by a Federal High court in Abuja, on Wednesday.



The judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in his ruling, struck out the eighth count after hearing an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, who claimed she was  indicted in the particular count. Diezani claimed she was not allowed to defend herself.