New Controversy Trails Alison-Madueke ‘Born-Again’ Interview

Controversy has enveloped claims that former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke made some confessions as to alleged misdeeds while in office supposedly prompted by a born-again experience.

The controversy over Alison-Madueke’s alleged confessions and indictment of Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara came after she totally denied ever granting the interview as was first reported by a national newspaper.

She was also quoted in the interview to have claimed to be suffering from cancer and begged to return home.

GWG.ng reports that the controversy arose after Alison-Madueke denied ever granting the interview alluded to her.

She made the denial in an interview with Premium Times.

The former petroleum minister, in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, described the report as “fake” and “concocted.”

“I did not grant an interview to anyone and therefore did not say any of the things attributed to me. It is fake news concocted for reasons I do not know,” Mrs Alison-Madueke told PREMIUM TIMES in the brief interview Saturday evening.

GWG.ng reports that in the interview that Mrs Alison-Madueke described as fake, she was quoted to have said:

“I am now a born-again Christian and currently grappling with the second stage of cancer, for which my United Kingdom-based physician has advised me to continue medication for the rest of my life. Yes, no one is flawless, but sometimes, God Almighty permits such occurrences.

“I’ve been accused of financial misconduct during my tenure as the petroleum minister, and it’s true. However, I would like President Bola Tinubu and Nigerians to forgive me, allow me to return home, and contribute because life is transient…”

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