WTO Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has recounted how her efforts to uncover an alleged $2.4 billion fuel subsidy fraud in Nigeria led to threats against her and the kidnapping of her mother. She said the abductors demanded that she resign as finance minister and leave the country in exchange for her mother's release. Okonjo-Iweala recounted the ordeal during an interview with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua on the Leaders programme. She said the investigation began after officials noticed that claims submitted by fuel importers under Nigeria's subsidy programme were increasing sharply.
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