The former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, informs the Federal High Court, Abuja, to set aside the bench warrant issued against her in July 2020.
She makes the plea in a motion on notice brought by her counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN).
The ex-minister had in the motion sought an order extending the time within which she could apply for the order discharging the bench warrant.
Alison-Madueke, who served as minister during the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan from 2010 to 2015, was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged corruption during her time in office.
She left the country shortly before President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in 2015.
The commission had in an ex-parte motion sought a bench warrant against Alison