Court gives Engineering Firm Permission to Seize Nigeria’s Assets Worth $9bn

Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) has been given the permission by a British court to seize Nigerian assets worth $9 billion, TheCable is reporting.

Speaking after the judgement on behalf of P&ID, Andrew Stafford Q.C. of Kobre & Kim said:

We are pleased that the Court has rejected Nigeria’s objections both to the arbitration process and to the amount of the award and that it will grant permission to P&ID to begin enforcement of the award in the United Kingdom.

The Court has ruled decisively in P&ID’s favour and has comprehensively rejected Nigeria’s efforts to avoid payment of this award of over $9.6 billion.

P&ID is committed to vigorously enforcing its rights, and we intend to begin the process of seizing Nigerian assets in order to satisfy this award as soon as possible.

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