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Friday, May 22, 2020
A UK court has ruled that England has no jurisdiction to try a case against Royal Dutch Shell and Eni brought to bear by the Nigerian government as an Italian court is essentially hearing the same case.
Nigeria alleges the two supermajor companies knew about bribes in a Nigerian oil deal trying to secure rights to OPL 245 nearly 10 years ago and initiated a $1 billion lawsuit.
In a statement, Shell commented: “We maintain that the 2011 settlement of long-standing legal disputes related to OPL 245 was a fully legal transaction with Eni and the Federal Government of Nigeria, represented by the most senior officials of the relevant ministries,” Shell said in a statement.
The criminal proceedings in Italy are not affected by the ruling of the London judge, where Nigeria has a separate legal claim.
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