‘$9.6bn judgment debt, a scam,’ Ex-AGF Aondoakaa urges Nigerian govt to prosecute P&ID, others

Former Attorney-General of the Federation, Michael Aondoakaa, has likened the $9.6bn judgment debt in favour of Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) as a scam. He has, therefore, advised the Federal Government to prosecute representatives of the firm and some Nigerians involved in the $9.6 billion contract that has left the country in debt.

The former AGF said this during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television on Monday.

He said, “Everyone involved must face the law including the foreigner. You cannot do this in the United States.

“This happened in secrecy. I contacted the DG of the Infrastructural Regulatory Commission and he was also shocked. Everything that is coming to us now is shocking. Ignorance of law is no excuse. If you are a foreign country coming to Nigeria, you ought to know the law. You ought to know if the contract was appropriated in the budget.

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“The President doesn’t have the power to give even anticipatory approval.

“If you are alluding to fraud, you cannot negotiate at the same time with them.

“Part of the contract has to do with Bakassi which was part of Cameroon by 2009. So, I wonder whether they expected Nigeria to enter into a contract on behalf of another sovereign nation.”

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