| Nigeria’s Attorney General Abubakar Malami has admitted that that the Nigerian Government is carrying out a targeted campaign of unlawful and illegal detentions aimed at innocent individuals associated with P&ID. The following statement can be attributed to Andrew Stafford Q.C. of Kobre & Kim: “The Nigerian Government, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is carrying out a targeted campaign of detentions aimed at individuals associated with P&ID and the US $9.6 billion arbitration award P&ID has won against Nigeria. The detentions are illegal, and appear to be aimed at coercing false testimony to support Nigeria’s claim that P&ID’s award is a fraud. Nigeria’s Attorney General Abubakar Malami has acknowledged that his aim is to provoke global opposition against P&ID, by undertaking these attacks. P&ID calls on the Government of Nigeria to accept its responsibilities under the law, and to cease the unlawful detentions.” |
