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P&ID Case, Attempt To Steal 1/3 Of Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves — Buhari

by Jonathan Nda-Isaiah
2 years ago
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Former President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the recent victory of Nigeria in the $11billion Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) arbitration award dispute as thwarting an “attempted heist of historic proportions” against the country as it was attempt to steal one-third of the nation’s foreign reserves.

In a statement titled, ‘A Matter of Principle,’ Buhari expressed his relief at the judgment delivered by Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales, who upheld Nigeria’s claim that the award was obtained through fraud.

The former president emphasised the gravity of the situation, stating, “This was an attempted heist of historic proportions, an attempt to steal from the treasury a third of Nigeria’s foreign reserves.”

He went on to highlight the efforts undertaken to uncover evidence of wrongdoing in the case.

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According to him, “we won, and all decent people can sleep easier as a result. Justice Robin Knowles said Nigeria had been the victim of a monstrous fraud. But it was a close-run thing.

“But ordinary Nigerians never took the decisions that ended up before Justice Knowles. Had Nigeria lost, it would have required schools not to be built, nurses not to be trained and roads not to repaired, on an epic scale, to pay a handful of contractors, lawyers and their allies – for a project that never broke ground.”

Buhari said amid the demand that Nigeria must pay the arbitration award, he tasked his then Chief of Staff, late Abba Kyari, and former attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to look for ways Nigeria could get a fair hearing.

“Nigeria was in court in London, trying to talk down liability and costs. Back at home, fixers were looking to work out a quiet settlement. This is often the way. A lot of contracts end up in dispute.

“People, including out of work ex-British Cabinet Minister Priti Patel, were queuing up to insist we paid, or risk Nigeria becoming an untrustworthy trade pariah.

“It was clear that far from the whole story had been told. I tasked Abba Kyari, my chief of-staff and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, with finding a way, even at that late stage and despite so much conflicting advice, to get us a fair hearing.

“We began to find a huge amount of evidence, not all of which Justice Knowles was to accept. But he agreed that P&ID had paid bribes,” he stated.

He also said the Judge agreed that one of P&ID’s founders had committed perjury and he agreed that P&ID had somehow found in its possession a steady supply of Nigeria’s privileged internal legal documents, outlining our plans, strategies and problems.

Buhari stressed the need to follow due legal process in resolving disputes, adding that the judiciary can satisfactorily resolve disputes without resolving to extra-judicial measures.

He added, “my own view is that this whole, sorry affair shows how important it is to follow the legal process in resolving a dispute.

“It shows that given time and opportunity for each side to present their case, the temple of justice can satisfactorily resolve all disputes without resort to extra-judicial measures.”

However, Buhari also noted the judge’s caution about the arbitration process in London.

“But even at this moment, we should note what the English judge cautioned. The arbitration process in London ‘was a shell that got nowhere near the truth’.

“We need better contracts, in the public and private sector. And we need greater transparency: the reality is that, had P&ID not conjured up quite such an outlandish ransom, they may have found themselves in the same place as the myriad other invisible contractors who all too often quietly take Nigeria for many millions in out of court settlements.

“Sterner sanctions are indicated for Nigerian public officials who have been proven to connive with foreign criminals to defraud our country.

“Nigeria has won this battle with corruption, but the war is far from over,” Buhari stated.


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