MALABU: Adoke fumes as Italian court accepts email evidence in trial
The former minister says the evidence accepted by the court is “total forgery”. 4 min read
A Milan court on Wednesday accepted evidence sourced from U.S. banking giant JP Morgan as part of the Malabu OPL 245 corruption trial.
The court also accepted evidence of an email allegedly sent by a former Nigerian attorney general, Bello Adoke, from the email address of a company allegedly owned by a “middleman” named in the controversial deal, Abubakar Aliyu.
PREMIUM TIMES understands that despite opposition by the oil companies at the last sitting of the court, the Milan court accepted the evidence, acquired by Milan prosecutors from UK authorities.