Nigeria Wins As UK Court Quashes $11 Billion P&ID Award

 

Nigeria has won the legal battle against the enforcement of the $11 billion arbitration award in favour of P&ID.

 

After over five years of legal fireworks, a UK court ruled in favour of Nigeria.

 

In a judgment delivered by email, Robin Knowles, justice of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales, upheld Nigeria’s prayer on the ground that the ill-fated gas processing contract was obtained by fraud.

 

We had reported on Saturday that the much-awaited judgment would be delivered on Monday.

 

A private arbitration tribunal had on January 31, 2017 ordered Nigeria to pay $6.6 billion to P&ID plus interest beginning from March 20, 2013.

 

With the interest rate fixed at seven percent amounting to $1 million a day, the potential payment had accumulated to over $11 billion before the verdict.