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P&ID: UK court grants FG’s permit to challenge contract award

By Abdallah el-Kurebe
September 4, 2020
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The English Court, in the United Kingdom on Friday, delivered an unprecedented judgment, granting the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), permission to proceed with its challenge to the $10 billion arbitral award made against it over three years ago.

This is contained in a statement issued by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, made available to Ashenewsonline on Friday.

According to the statement, the Court has allowed the FRN to bring this challenge, well outside the normal time limits, due to the exceptional circumstances where the FRN has uncovered evidence of a massive fraud in procuring the award.

The Court heard evidence from the FRN and the offshore Shell company P&ID in relation to the gas supply and processing agreement (GSPA), which the parties entered into 10 years ago and which was never performed.

It stated that the Buhari Administration, having inherited this dispute from the previous administration, only recently uncovered evidence that the GSPA was a sham commercial deal designed
to fail from the start, and that its subsequent arbitral award was based on fraud and corruption.

 The FRN relied on a number of ongoing investigations across multiple jurisdictions, including the US, to build its case. During the hearing, new evidence was presented to further support Nigeria’s challenge.

 The FRN will now proceed to a full trial of the issues, where the FRN’s substantive application to finally set aside the award will be heard, thereby recording a major success considering the fact that the Federal Government exceptional circumstances application to have its challenge taken well outside the normal time limits is upheld on
account of uncovered evidence of massive fraud in procuring the award.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria is pleased with the outcome from the High Court hearing today.

This is a major victory in our ongoing fight against the vulture-fund-backed P&ID, to overturn the injustice of the multi-billion dollar arbitral award.

In light of the new and substantive evidence presented regarding P&ID’s fraudulent and corrupt activities, the Court has granted our application for an extension of time to hear our challenge out of normal time limits.

The Federal Government will now proceed to a full hearing of our fraud challenge in the coming months.

Investigations into the GSPA are ongoing, and we are firmly committed to overturning the award – no matter how long it takes – to ensure that this money goes towards Nigeria’s future, not into the pockets of millionaires trying to exploit our country.

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