Nigeria: Govt Loses Bid to Stop Hearing of Abacha s Suit to Reclaim OPL 245
22 December 2020
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed preliminary objection the Federal Government lodged to stop hearing of a suit that the son of late military Head of State, Mohammed Abacha, filed to reclaim ownership of Oil Prospecting License, OPL 245, which was originally awarded to Malabu Oil and Gas Limited.
The court, in a ruling by Justice Binta Nyako, held that contrary to FG s contention, the suit was neither statute-barred nor amounted to an abuse of the judicial process.
Justice Nyako held that the court has the requisite jurisdiction to look into the case.
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed preliminary objection the Federal Government lodged to stop hearing of a suit that the son of late military Head of State, Mohammed Abacha, filed to reclaim ownership of Oil Prospecting License, OPL 245, which was originally awarded to Malabu Oil and Gas Limited.
The court, in a ruling by Justice Binta Nyako, held that contrary to FG’s contention, the suit was neither statute-barred nor amounted to an abuse of the judicial process.
Justice Nyako held that the court has the requisite jurisdiction to look into the case.