BP, Glencore suits allege role of oil bribe money in Nigeria’s 2015, 2019 elections

September 25, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) retained power in the 2019 election.

Newly opened lawsuits in London and New York have shed light on how bribe that trading firms paid agents to win oil contracts from Nigeria’s state oil company may have raised funds for the country’s past two elections in 2015 and 2019. An ex-British Petroleum Plc, BP oil trader alleged this w

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