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MILAN, July 17 (Reuters) - The head of Italian oil group Eni
ENI.MI has sued a former legal adviser to the company for
defamation after excerpts of the lawyer's written testimony
relating to a Nigerian corruption case were published in several
newspapers on Wednesday.
Eni said Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi had taken the
legal action after newspapers quoted from the testimony, which
was given by Piero Amara in an investigation into allegations of
obstruction of justice in the corruption case.
Eni described the allegations as completely groundless.
The group has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to
the Nigeria case, in which it and oil major Shell RDSa.L are
accused of acquiring an oil field in the knowledge that most of
the purchase price would be siphoned off to middlemen in corrupt
payments. Shell also denies any wrongdoing.
(Editing by Mark Bendeich)