EFFORTS of the Federal Government at prosecuting former vice-president of the United States (US), Richard Bruce Dick Cheney and other officials of Halliburton has yielded fruits, as the country may drop charges them.
According to The Will, an online news agency, the development was sequel to an agreement reached between Nigerian officials and top officials of the US and Halliburton, in a meeting held in London, at the weekend.
At the meeting, Halliburton was said to have agreed to pay about N20 billion as criminal penalty, while promising to liaise with the US government to recover the outstanding $I32 million currently frozen in Switzerland.
The source also hinted that former president of the US, George Bush (Snr) and former US Secretary of State, Mr James Baker, were part of the deliberations through conference calls.
The Attorney-General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke, was said to have led Nigeria’s team at the negotiations, which included the secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Emmanuel Akomaye; legal luminaries, Damian Dodo and Godwin Obla and the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Roland Ewubare.
Halliburton’s Chief Executive and chairman, David Lesar, who replaced Cheney; president, Eastern Hemisphere, Ahmed Lofty; Deputy General Counsel, James Ferguson, were part of it.
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