Nigeria: French Government Clears Ex-Petroleum Minister, Etete

31 March 2014

The French government has cleared a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Dan Etete, of the conviction slammed on him by a French court.

The court had in 2007 sentenced Etete, who served as petroeulm minister under the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, from 1995 to 1998, to three years in prison in absentia and a fine of 300,000 euros ($440,000) for money laundering.

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