Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has no reputation to protect, as the married woman has a notorious reputation and a penchant for adulterous affairs, a lawsuit claims.
The suit, filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja by Moremi Publishing House Limited, publishers of Osun Defender, asserts that Alison-Madueke’s illicit affairs outside her marriage have been undertaken using the nation’s wealth upon which she sat as Minister of Petroleum.

The suit is a response toa libel suit filed by Alison-Madueke filed in june 2015

The defendants insist in their statement of defence that there is a treasure trove of documentation in the nation’s press as well as in various public investigations which include the reports of the audit firms KPMG and PriceWaterHouse Coopers on the Nigeria National Petroleum (NNPC), as well as that of the House of Representatives on the activities of Alison-Madueke.

Maintaining that they are “responsible corporate citizens of Nigeria with high ethical and professional standing” who would libel no one, the plaintiff inclusive, the defendants declared that they only publish “credible and verifiable” stories.

They cited a wide variety of published stories in different media outside of themselves which reflect a wide variety of corruption and collusion on the part of Alison-Madueke during heAmong others, the defendants asserted that under the Plaintiff’s watch as Minister for Petroleum Resources, 445,000 barrels of crude oil were stolen on a daily basis for about four years with no effort by Alison-Madueke to identify, initiate arrest or prosecute the criminals who were responsible for that huge theft and depletion of national wealth.

“The allegation of daily theft of crude oil was asserted by former President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo and Minister for Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on several occasions and which facts were never contradicted nor debunked by the Plaintiff and which led to the award of bogus contracts of pipeline monitoring and protection to rag-tag security formations of ex-militants and ethnic militias by the government under which the Plaintiff served as Minister,” they said.

They also recalled the House of Representatives’ investigation of Alison-Madueke for squandering about N10 billion of tax payers’ money on charter and maintenance of a Challenger 850 aircraft for unofficial use as was widely reported in the mass media.

“The Defendants aver that, at the trial of this suit, they shall rely on opinions of average Nigerians about the Plaintiff to buttress the fact that the Plaintiff has no reputation to protect save in the coterie of her corrupt associates,” for which they underlined they will rely on various publications to prove their point.

Text of the statement of claim:

In the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory

In the Abuja Judicial Division

Holden at Abuja


Suit No: FCT/HC/CV/1712/2015

Between

Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke …Plaintiff


And


Moremi Publishing House Ltd. …1st Defendant

Kola Olabisi …2nd Defendant


Statement of Defence


Save and except as is hereinafter expressly admitted, the Defendants deny each and every allegation of facts contained in the Statement of Claim as if same were herein set out and denied seriatim.

1. The 1st Defendant admits paragraph 1 of the Statement of Claim to the extent that the Plaintiff was at the relevant time of filing this action the Minister for Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

2. The Defendants admit paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Statement of Claim but deny that the said publications were defamatory of the Plaintiff contrary to the allegation in paragraph 4 of the Statement of Claim as the statements made in the publications are true.

3. Contrary to paragraphs 9 and 10 of the Statement of Claim, the Defendants say that:

3.1. no independent investigation has been conducted by anybody, whether the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or PriceWaterhouseCoopers, that exonerated the Plaintiff contrary to the Plaintiff’s contention;

3.2. rather, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (hereinafter referred to as PWC) in its audit report on the accounts of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), a corporation under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources presided over by the Plaintiff between April 2010 and May 2015, indicates that

a. the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) refused to open their financial statement to PWC and hence the latter could not have access to NPDC’s full accounts and records;

b. no supporting documents were provided by the NPDC for the $0.25 billion claimed by the NPDC as Nigerian Port Authority charges;

c. a sum totaling $10,257,161.07 could not be substantiated due to insufficient documents which ought to be provided by the NPDC;

d. a total of $59,324,737.01 ($59.3) Million on Charter Hire Services could not be substantiated due to lack of supporting documents which ought to be provided by the NPDC;

e. out of the $17,767,683.54 claimed as payments for manning and management fee of MT Tuma and MT Oloibiri, the sum of $6,658,588.74 could not be ascertained due to lack of supporting documents which ought to be supplied by NPDC;

f. the total claim of $5,457,006.98 out of the total claim $46,265,215.13 could not be substantiated due to lack of supporting documents. NNPC claimed the sum of $46,265,215.13 as crude transport payments during the review period, (which fell in between the Plaintiff’s service as Minister for Petroleum Resources) which was incurred on crude oil transportation from Escravos terminals to Warri refinery jetty using marine vessels;

g. the sum of $6,707,826.05 could not be substantiated due to lack of supporting documents. This forms part of the expenses allegedly incurred on marine throughput by the NNPC under the management of the Plaintiff;

h. on capital expenditure, the sum of $24,179,005.48 could not be substantiated due to insufficient supporting documents which were supposed to be provided by NPDC and NNPC under the Ministry of the Plaintiff;

i. no amount whatsoever was substantiated for the total claim on Pipeline Vandalism and Repair Cost of $11,896,654.71 and on Management Charge out Rate claim of $59,712,530.83 as no supporting documents were provided for the costs;

j. while there were documentary evidence that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria had ordered that subsidy on DPK be stopped and the Executive Secretary PPPRA to the CBN Governor confirmed that PPPRA had ceased granting subsidy on Kerosene and no appropriation was made in the nation’s budget in 2012 and 2013, NNPC, under the Ministry of the Plaintiff claimed they spent $9.9 billion on kerosene without budgetary allocation;

k. whereas the sale of kerosene has been deregulated and average common man takes no benefit of the subsidy payments, yet the Plaintiff supervised the payment of huge sums of money for payment of subsidy on a deregulated product for more than two years in her ministry, the amounts paid has never been recovered and the Plaintiff did not finger any recipient of the funds for prosecution by the relevant agencies;

l. in January 2015, investigators discovered that the various NNPC (55%) portion of Oil leases (OMLs) involved in the Shell Divestments related to eight OMLs were transferred to NPDC for aggregate sum of US$1.85 billion. So far, only the sum of US$100 million had been remitted in relation to these assets and the sum of US$1.75 billion remains unremitted while the Plaintiff presides over the affairs of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. In addition, the said assets were sold for less their commercial value;

m. the total amount remitted from the sale of domestic crude amounted to $14.5 billion which is just half the total amount of $28,215,731,691 claimed by NNPC to have accrued from the total revenue generated from domestic crude sales;

n. rather than allowing the House of Representatives Committee to complete its investigation, the Plaintiff went to court and obtained an order preventing the Committee from proceeding on its investigation and the said suit is still pending till the time of filing this defence.

4. The Defendants say that, further to and in clarification of paragraph 3 above, the NNPC is a wholly-owned outfit of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) which operates through its subsidiary, NPDC, in direct petroleum exploration and production operations and the affairs of all these bodies were superintended over by the Plaintiff as the Minister for Petroleum Resources. For paragraph 3 above, the Defendants shall rely on the PWC Audit Report as

Read this rest at source as the news get too many links and I don't want to violate a rule here.
Source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/14/former-petroleum-minister-diezani-alison-madueke-has-“no-reputation-protect”-lawsuit
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And u think Nairalanders will read this textbook. Think twice

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See money

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no for sale

sorry,i cant find my reading glasses

Lol . . . See journalism. I tire oh.

Isorite...

2 Things..

1. If she had, she wouldn't pilfer.

&

2.Are we talking real money , currency or monopoly money?

By the time the investigation and evidence gathering is over, over 2000 count charges would be on the beautiful Minister's table.

So beautiful that Oga GEJ self can sack her. #BringBackmyCrush

I don't pity her

Dieziani Allison Madueke- The most corrupt woman in Nigeria.

"The Defendants aver that, at the trial of this suit, they shall rely on opinions of average Nigerians about the Plaintiff to buttress the fact that the Plaintiff has no reputation to protect save in the coterie of her corrupt associates,”

So these clowns called OsunDefenders don't even have "facts" but will depend on "opinion" of people to arrive at their own "facts"? These people are pathetic that they even citted PWC report that hasn't indicted anyone. Where in the PWC was any shady deal linked to Alison Maduekwe? Was the 400,000 barrel oil theft linked to Madwekwe? We can make allegations based on "facts" and not one based on peoples opinion. I think OsunDefenders don't understand our laws.

barcanista:
So these clowns called OsunDefenders don't even have "facts" but will depend on "opinion" of people to arrive at their own "facts"? These people are pathetic that they even citted PWC report that hasn't indicted anyone? Where in the PWC was any shady deal link to Alison Maduekwe? Was the 400,000 barrel oil theft liked to Madwekwe? We can make allegations based on "facts" and not one based on peoples opinion. I think OsunDefenders don't understand our laws.

aregbesola is owing them,they are hungry, they want to indirectly beg madam for money

The woman has been scamming before she got to NNPC

Okay

MzJackBaueress:
Dieziani Allison Madueke- The most corrupt woman in Nigeria.

My Sister, Source or i wont believe it.

barcanista:
So these clowns called OsunDefenders don't even have "facts" but will depend on "opinion" of people to arrive at their own "facts"? These people are pathetic that they even citted PWC report that hasn't indicted anyone? Where in the PWC was any shady deal link to Alison Maduekwe? Was the 400,000 barrel oil theft liked to Madwekwe? We can make allegations based on "facts" and not one based on peoples opinion. I think OsunDefenders don't understand our laws.

On the contrary, you are the one displaying ignorance of the law with regard to "defamation". If the average Nigerian thinks the former minister is a thief, adultress, and borderline sex addict, she cannot have much of a reputation to protect. Perhaps dame patience will give testimony on how she fought physically to separate this LovePeddler from her husband to no avail. Froth all you want, but she will regret this lawsuit very soon.

Change2015:


On the contrary, you are the one displaying ignorance of the law with regard to "defamation". If the average Nigerian thinks the former minister is a thief, adultress, and borderline sex addict, she cannot have much of a reputation to protect. Perhaps dame patience will give testimony on how she fought physically to separate this LovePeddler from her husband to no avail. Froth all you want, but she will regret this lawsuit very soon.

You are talking rubbish. The law does not pass judgement based on popular opinion but based on fact presented to him. Popular opinion can be modified and influenced by any 3rd party. In fact, the perception of an individual could be factual or flawed. It is only through facts that it can be considered factual. Absence of facts means a flawed perception.

presher:
aregbesola is owing them,they are hungry, they want to indirectly beg madam for money

Don't mind the clowns.

AgbenuAnna:
,

how are you?
Back to the topic I have heard and read so many stories about this woman but I have never seen EFCC arraigned her for crime or any unlawful act.

barcanista:
You are talking rubbish. The law does not pass judgement based on popular opinion but based on fact presented to him. Popular opinion can be modified and influenced by any 3rd party. In fact, the perception of an individual could be factual or flawed. It is only through facts that it can be considered factual. Absence of facts means a flawed perception.

Once again you betray your lack of logic. A person's reputation is a public thing and must be considered by the court. In the case of Diezani, rest assured she has been remarkably generous with her "assets" and very frivolous with the nations resources. You get a grasp of the law before spouting your ill informed opinions. The facts about Diezani are public enough for adultery and financial chicanery to be uncontestable. The public perception is itself a fact to be considered and her reputation among her peers.... Lol, she is no longer minister, so the bondage is over.

Osun Defenders should add this to their claims https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=https://www.nairaland.com/2160598/jonathan-covers-up-700m-cash&sa=U&ved=0CBkQFjAEahUKEwiYvMmOytzGAhUGtRQKHRUfB78&usg=AFQjCNHLM8DgUG8dDwOja8RMBsFYqrnZkQ

The Court does not consider public opinion but facts! If it were Onoche the Alleged Iyanya mastermind wouldn't have been freed. Present fact and get her nailed. No just pass judgement base on what some people "think" (perception) but based on what the person does/did (fact). Please I should be done here.

Change2015:


Once again you betray your lack of logic. A person's reputation is a public thing and must be considered by the court. In the case of Diezani, rest assured she has been remarkably generous with her "assets" and very frivolous with the nations resources. You get a grasp of the law before spouting your ill informed opinions. The facts about Diezani are public enough for adultery and financial chicanery to be uncontestable. The public perception is itself a fact to be considered and her reputation among her peers.... Lol, she is no longer minister, so the bondage is over.

Change2015:


Once again you betray your lack of logic. A person's reputation is a public thing and must be considered by the court. In the case of Diezani, rest assured she has been remarkably generous with her "assets" and very frivolous with the nations resources. You get a grasp of the law before spouting your ill informed opinions. The facts about Diezani are public enough for adultery and financial chicanery to be uncontestable. The public perception is itself a fact to be considered and her reputation among her peers.... Lol, she is no longer minister, so the bondage is over.

Stop wasting your time with that fellow,pay him less attention.

themilanway:


Stop wasting your time with that fellow,pay him less attention.

Normally I resist...

James 1:8

babasade:
how are you?
Back to the topic I have heard and read so many stories about this woman but I have never seen EFCC arraigned her for crime or any unlawful act.

am good, u?Nigeria money rules