{"id":24477,"date":"2020-07-14T14:17:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T14:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24477"},"modified":"2020-07-14T14:17:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T14:17:49","slug":"10bn-pid-award-nigerian-govt-says-it-has-uncovered-new-evidence-of-bribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24477","title":{"rendered":"$10BN P&ID AWARD: Nigerian govt says it has uncovered new evidence of bribes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigerian government said it had discovered undisclosed payments of $4,969.50 executed on 30th December 2009 and $5,000 on 31st January 2012 to Vera Taiga, daughter of the indicted former chief attorney of the Ministry of Petroleum, Grace Taiga, in its current effort to overturn a $9.6 billion arbitration award against it and favouring Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID), Reuters reported on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The engineering and project manager, which had a contract to execute a gas project<\/a> in Nigeria, was given a $6.6 billion arbitration award after the 2010 deal fell apart. Following years of interest accumulation beginning from 2013, the award is now worth almost $10 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria is praying for an English courts\u2019 intervention to appeal the award, granted three years ago even though it had missed the 28-day appeal window. It claimed new information just emerged late last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government\u2019s lawyer told an online court hearing that the Nigerian government possessed proof of payments to Vera from companies related to P&ID. One of them was made 11 days before the deal was inked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said the payments became known after a U.S. discovery order in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Nigerian Government, P&ID officials and associated firms paid several other officials linked to the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)<\/a> alleged last year, that Grace took bribes and breached the contract protocol, charges to which she had pleaded not guilty. She is currently awaiting trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P&ID affirmed the payments were legitimate and intended to settle medical expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNigeria\u2019s conspiracy theory against P&ID \u2014 hatched almost a decade after the gas supply agreement was signed \u2014 relies on speculation and conjecture with no basis in fact,\u201d a spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proceedings continue Tuesday and the verdict will determine if the Nigerian government can continue its appeal and establish its full case of supposed fraud in the English courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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