A Federal High Court in Lagos has sanctioned the federal government’s suit against Chevron Corp. and Total SA over the alleged illegal exportation of crude oil.
Justice Cecilia Olatoregun dismissed claims from the companies that they had no cases to answer at a hearing today. She has scheduled the trial to commence on 26 October.
“The government is seeking revenues that it lost due to under-declarations” of exports, Fabian Ajogwu, a lawyer for the government, said to reporters after the hearing. “Essentially, we will go into trial.”
Miannaya Essien, representing Chevron, and Babatunde Fagbohun, a lawyer for Total, declined to comment.
