Nigeria’s controversial Minister of Petroleum Resources,
Diezani Allison-Madueke, has returned to a London hospital to continue treatment for an
undisclosed ailment that is believed to be cancer.
Saharareporters
sources said today that Mrs. Allison-Madueke made the journey
last week, and began a daily therapy. She is yet to return to Abuja.
Her
one-week absence from Abuja has emboldened those Nigerians who have been
calling for her removal to further pressure President Goodluck Jonathan to sack
her as Minister of Petroleum Resources. She is frequently cited on allegations
of corruption and mismanagement, but is also known to be a close friend of the
President’s.
Recently,
the French government impounded a private jet that was carrying Jide Omokore, a
business associate of the Minister, on suspicions that the jet-a Bombardier
Global Express XRS- belongs to her.
Investigations
show that the jet was purchased by the Bank of Utah Trustee in June 2012
through the same process that was recently used in purchasing private jets for
the governors of Rivers and Akwa Ibom States.
By SaharaReporters, New York
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