The EFCC had declared Mr Adesanya wanted for “an alleged case of conspiracy and corrupt offer to public officers” in relation to the Mambilla project.
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The judge equally ordered that the anti-graft agency should remove all other negative contents concerning or pertaining to Mr Adesanya in connection with any criminal allegation associated with the contract. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the judgment was delivered following a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/267/2024 filed by the plaintiffs’ lawyer, M.S. Diri.The suit is against the EFCC, the ministry, the Federal Government of Nigeria, and the Attorney General of the Federation as the first to fourth defendants, respectively.
He said that Sunrise and its Chinese partners, North China Power and China Hydroelectric Companies, held various meetings in China with three power ministers regarding the Zungeru and Mambilla projects. “Consequently, the 2nd plaintiff instituted fresh arbitral proceedings: Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited v. Federal Government of Nigeria – ICC Case No: 26260/SPN/AB/CPB ,” the lawyer said.Mr Diri said that despite the pending case, the federal government and its security agencies, including the EFCC, sought to criminalise and scandalise the Mambilla Project, aiming to evade their legal contractual obligations.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Ekwo held that since the Ministry of Power had contested the claims of the plaintiffs and had counterclaimed against them at the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration, the sanctity of the arbitral proceedings must be respected and protected. The judge further held that regarding the EFCC’s publication of Mr Adesanya’s name and photograph as a “wanted person” on its website, he did not find any valid defence from the agency.
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