ABUJA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Nigerian ex-attorney general
Mohammed Adoke has been arrested in Dubai, his lawyer told
Reuters on Wednesday, after a warrant was issued earlier this
year as part of one of the oil industry's biggest corruption
scandals.
However the lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, said the arrest had been
based on an expired warrant.
Nigeria's anti-graft agency secured warrants in April for
two former ministers including Adoke and an Eni manager over the
$1.3 billion sale of a Nigerian offshore oilfield by Malabu Oil
and Gas in 2011.
The deal has spawned legal cases spanning several countries,
involving Nigerian government officials and senior executives
from ENI and Royal Dutch Shell. Shell and Eni,
and their executives, have denied any wrongdoing.
Adoke was arrested on Monday, Ozekhome told Reuters, as his
client went to Dubai for medical appointment.
He added however that a Nigerian court had nullified the
warrant in October because his client was not served with the
charges before the warrant was issued.
(Reporting by Chijioke Ohuocha
Editing by Alexis Akwagyiram and Jan Harvey)
