Former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has denied a media report claiming that she pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to allow her to return to Nigeria.
You will recall that a report quoted Alison-Madueke as saying that she granted a recent press briefing in London and admitted that she embezzled money from Nigeria during her time as the Petroleum minister.
The report also claimed that the former minister alleged that she entrusted nine billion Dollars to the incumbent Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal.
The media report said Diezani, who is reportedly battling cancer, appealed to President Tinubu to allow her to return to the country and confess to her financial wrongdoing during her time in office.
It added that the former minister expressed her willingness to provide detailed information about the funds she allegedly misappropriated while in power.
However, in a statement she signed on Sunday, December 24, Alison-Madueke denied granting a recent interview in London, saying that the media report is false, concocted, and an attempt to malign her character.
The former minister also refuted the interview where she allegedly indicted the current Zamfara Governor and pleaded to return to the country.
She explained that she did not grant any interviewand therefore did not say any of the things attributed to her, saying it is fake news concocted for unknown reasons.
