The immediate past Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke is in a trying time and she indeed deserves our prayers at this time.
Mrs. Diezani is battling with cancer and anxiety is at the feverish pitch over her sate of health. There were an unconfirmed rumour that she had passed away in London but according to reports in the Sun, a close family source said although the former minister was in critical condition but she is alive.
The source, who pleaded for anonymity, told Daily Sun at about 7:45pm that he spoke with the former minister, a confirmation that she was alive.
A Lagos-based lawyer and counsel to Diezani’s family, Oscar Onwudiwe was quoted by an online portal of revealing that Diezani’s family members met yesterday over her health condition. There have been unconfirmed reports that the ex-oil minister was not responding to treatment since Wednesday. The development, it was said, had been giving her family sleepless night.
Mrs. Alison-Madueke has been in the news in recent times on allegation of corruption and financial recklessness perpetrated during her time as minister. She was arraigned in London for money laundering
“The health crisis has unfortunately exacerbated in recent times. She completed months of chemotherapy and is scheduled to undergo surgery in London. “The family pleads with all reasonable Nigerians to pray for her recovery so that she can face this allegation and give account of her stewardship.”
