In his judgement delivered on Monday, the judge said “Shasore has not, in my judgment, been shown to be corrupt”.
Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales, on Monday, absolved a former Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Olasupo Shasore, of corruption allegations in the $11bn Process & Industrial Developments Limited arbitration award case won by Nigeria.The Federal Government of Nigeria had accused Shasore, who was one of the country’s lawyers in the case, of corruption allegations.
However, in his judgement delivered on Monday, the judge said “Shasore has not, in my judgment, been shown to be corrupt”.“First, his advice to Nigeria to investigate, and allow expert evidence to be obtained, and to proceed in a timely fashion, was sound and constant.“Third, his participation in the various settlement discussions helped reduce the figures,” Justice Knowles ruled.
“I add that in my view, Nigeria Malami SAN, the Attorney General) did not in truth believe Mr Shasore SAN was corrupt. “On 21 November 2017 Mr Shasore SAN was engaged by Nigeria to represent the Ministry of Power in a $2.4bn arbitration claim by Sunrise Power and Transmission Co.“His appointment was approved by Mr Malami SAN on 6 March 2018 and formally confirmed by Mr Malami SAN on 18 March 2018.
“Mr Malami SAN has not explained to this Court how these events are consistent with a belief on his and Nigeria’s part that Mr Shasore SAN had been corrupt, in his professional work for Nigeria in the Arbitration against P&ID.”
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