EFCC grills ex-Lagos attorney-general, Shasore, over P&ID case

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has questioned a former Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Olasupo Shasoreo, over his involvement in the Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) case.

Shasore, who had represented Nigeria at the beginning of the P&ID case, reportedly arrived at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja Tuesday afternoon.

The P&ID had won a $9.6 billion judgement against Nigeria in a British court. The company claimed it entered a contract to build a gas processing plant in Calabar, Cross River state and that the deal collapsed because the Nigerian government did not fulfil its end of the bargain.

In July 2020, the FG had told a UK court that Shasore colluded with P&ID to avert justice in the controversial gas supply purchasing agreement (GSPA) contract.

But P&ID had denied the allegation, stating that had the argument on the GSPA being void and the question on the jurisdiction of the tribunal been successful at the time, Shasore’s position “would have knocked out P&ID’s entire claim”.

The former Lagos commissioner has also maintained that he defended Nigeria to the best of his ability on the matter.

Shasore’s interrogation by the EFCC comes months before a dispute between Nigeria and P&ID is scheduled for trial in the UK.