Diezani’s Acquittal Poses Uncertainty US, UK Ending Graft In Africa – ANEEJ

Diezani’s Acquittal Poses Uncertainty US, UK Ending Graft In Africa – ANEEJ https://osazuwaakonedo.news/diezanis-acquittal-poses-uncertainty-us-uk-ending-graft-in-africa-aneej/ #ANEEJ #cbn #David #Southwark #EFCC #Jonathan #NFIU #OPEC #Sanusi #SCUML #Ugolor #US Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has expressed deep concern over the acquittal of former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, by a United Kingdom court, describing the verdict as a troubling moment for the global fight against corruption, illicit financial flows IFFs, and impunity, a statement that follows the June 17, 2026, ruling at the Southwark Crown Court in London, where a jury cleared Alison-Madueke of all six bribery charges brought against her by the UK’s National Crime Agency, NCA after a five-month trial and 46 hours of deliberation, while her co-defendants, oil executive, Olatimbo Ayinde and her brother, Doye Agama, were also acquitted, bringing a dramatic end to a saga that began more than a decade ago, a development that prompted ANEEJ to take immediate action today, June 23, 2026, by launching a critical two-day capacity-building workshop in Abuja in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, a body domiciled within the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML, an arm of the EFCC to aggressively equip civil society organizations, CSOs with the necessary tools to track, combat, and dismantle these very same illicit financial flows across Nigeria. #OsazuwaAkonedo