A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Robert Clarke, has reacted to
the recent judgement delivered by a British Court in the case
between the Federal Government and the Process and Industrial
Developments (P&ID).
Clarke who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today
on Thursday questioned the legality of the verdict that ordered the
stay execution of the $9.6bn judgment delivered in favour of
Process and Industrial Developments in August this year.
“I think we have to get the judgement set aside. I have not had
the opportunity of reading, it calls for arbitration for so many
years in international fora and this government was not aware.
“I am too clear that the judgement that was being enforced today
has been delivered for some 24 or 30 months ago. And we have been
sitting really wrong. Is it really a scam? If it is a scam, God has
helped Nigeria a lot. We can use it as a defence,” he stated.
When asked for his legal views on the judgement, Clarke noted
that certain questions need to be asked relating to the
development.
One of such is to ascertain whether the verdict is a scam aimed
at siphoning billions from the coffers of the Nigerian
government.
“How long will a judgment against the Nigerian government be?
Who are the lawyers representing Nigeria? Did it take a year, two
years or three years? All these are very necessary to know whether
there is a scam or there is no scam,” he said.
Speaking further, the respected lawyers wondered if Nigeria had
foreign lawyers to represent her in the United Kingdom.
His comments come shortly after the Federal Government said it
is pleased with the UK Court Stay of Execution Order of the $9.6bn
judgment it delivered in favour of Process and Industrial
Developments in August.
FG through the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar
Malami, described the development as a positive resolution which
was an important step in the government’s efforts to have the
matter resolved.
The British Court had granted Nigeria’s request for leave to
appeal, enabling the Federal Government to appeal the Court’s
recognition of the UK Arbitration Tribunal.
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