The Federal Government has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan and the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of accepting bribes and breaking the country's laws to broker a $1.3 billion oil deal eight years ago, a London court filing shows.
But Jonathan called the allegation of bribery "recycled falsehood" by those intent on denting his rising international profile, in a statement on Saturday.
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