Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- Nigeria's former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, spent over £2 million at Harrods, a luxury store in London, buying high-end accessories with money gotten from a government contractor, a prosecutor told a UK court on Tuesday.

The accessories were purchased with a payment card owned by a Nigerian businessman, Kolawole Aluko. Some purchases were also made with his company's debit card, Tenka Limited.

Reuters reported on Tuesday that the case prosecutor, Alexandra Healy, told jurors at Southwark Crown Court that Mrs Alison-Madueke "lived a lavish lifestyle in London."

He declared that she was staying there at the expense of individuals seeking to secure or keep contracts with Nigerian state-owned co...