12 September 2008
Nigeria and Britain yesterday held talks on the trial of Nigerian politicians being investigated by the British police over money laundering charges.
British Minister for Africa and Asia, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, who spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Umaru Yar'Adua, said the President asked for the cooperation of both countries in ensuring that justice took its cause in the trials.
"It was the President himself that called for co-operation with us on some high court actions in the UK which is enormously important priority for him and a broader commitment in fighting corruption and rule of law.
"In other words, he wants to make sure that the court in UK or here in Nigeria is fully respected in a way that you root out corruption and respect the rule of law structure.
"He expressed co-operation and full support to what is happening in the law court in London," Malloch-Brown said, adding: "He pledged his full support and co-operation to the British legal authority handling the case."
He said that his visit was a follow-up to issues raised in London when the President was the guest of the British government in July.
"We had a good discussion on the good steps his government had taken and I also brought him warm regards from his good friend, Gordon Brown," he said.
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