Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, appeared in a London court over charges of bribes in the form of cash.

Other charges against her were receiving luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding multi-million-pounds oil and gas contracts.

Making her first court appearance on Monday at Westminster Magistrates Court, Alison-Madueke spoke only to give her name, date of birth and address. She was not asked to enter a plea.

According to Reuters, the charges against her, read out in court, all related to events alleged to have taken place in London during her time as a Nigerian minister.

The district judge, granted Alison-Madueke bail in the sum of £70,000.

Michael Snow however imposed other conditions on Alison-Madueke after considering her “a flight risk”.

Prosecutor Andy Young said she was alleged to have accepted a wide range of benefits in cash and in kind from people who wanted to receive or continue to receive the award of oil contracts which he said were worth billions of dollars in total.

“The advantages included a delivery of £100,000 ($121,620) in cash, the payment of private school fees for her son, and the use and refurbishment of several luxurious properties in London and in the English countryside.

They also included the use of a Range Rover car, payment of bills for chauffeur-driven cars, furniture, and purchases from the upmarket London department store Harrods and from Vincenzo Caffarella, which sells Italian decorative arts and antiques.”

She was Nigeria’s Minister for Petroleum Resources between 2010 and 2015, during the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan.

The 62-year-old was arrested in London in 2015, shortly after the expiration of her office. She has spent the past eight years on police bail, living in St John’s Wood, an expensive area of London.

The ex-minister was charged in August with six bribery offences after a National Crime Agency investigation. She was charged alongside her brother and Timbo Ayinde, an oil businessman.