President Bola Tinubu has applauded the judgment delivered of Monday, October 23, 2023 by Judge Robin Knowles of the Business and Property Court in London, awarding a landmark victory to the Federal Government of Nigeria over a firm known as Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited.
This followed Judge Knowles’ dismissal of the $11.5 billion (USD) value of the award plus accumulated interest, previously won by P&ID over a failed 2010 deal to allegedly build a gas processing plant.
While dismissing the $11.5 billion case, Judge Knowles held that the initial award granted P&ID was obtained by fraud. A statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said that President Tinubu commended the UK Court for prioritizing the merits of the case above all other considerations.
He said; “This landmark judgment proves conclusively that nation states will no longer be held hostage by economic conspiracies between private firms and solitarily corrupt officials who conspire to extort and indebt the very nations they swear to defend and protect.
“Today’s victory is not for Nigeria alone. It is a victory for our long exploited continent and for the developing world at large, which has for too long been at the receiving end of unjust economic malpractice and overt exploitation.
“Nigeria is appreciative of the tremendous efforts of the defense team and acknowledges the role of the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Attorney-General in the process of defending Nigeria’s interest in this case,” Tinubu said.
