Malami defends Mambilla settlement talks and disputes ICC corruption finding
Former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami said discussions over a $200 million Mambilla settlement formed part of a wider government effort to resolve a longstanding dispute. He said the process was intended to remove a legal obstacle to financing and implementing a major national power project, while rejecting an ICC corruption finding.
Abubakar Malami has defended discussions over a $200 million settlement linked to the Mambilla project and rejected an International Criminal Court corruption finding, according to Premium Times Nigeria. Malami said the settlement discussions did not arise in isolation. He described them as part of a broader government effort to resolve what he called a longstanding dispute.
He also said the effort was intended to remove what was regarded at the time as a legal obstacle to financing and implementing a major national power project. The available statement does not identify the parties to the settlement discussions, specify the terms of the proposed payment or explain the legal dispute in detail. It also does not provide the text or further particulars of the ICC finding that Malami rejected.
No response from other parties is included in the supplied material. Premium Times published the comments under a report about the Mambilla project, the settlement and Malami’s rejection of the corruption finding.
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