OPL 245: The Inside Story of the $1.3BN Nigerian Oil Block (pre-order)

The OPL 245 Resolution Agreements between the Nigerian government, Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd, Shell plc and Eni of Italy over the controversial oil block has scaled every judicial and administrative scrutiny in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy and Nigeria.

But over eight years, Mohammed Bello Adoke, the Nigerian Attorney-General who, in 2011, helped resolve the 10-year-old dispute over the enormously rich block, was hounded by the Nigerian government. Adoke’s barely disguised offense was his failure to help the powerful family of the late Nigerian dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, get a cut from the sale of the oil block for US$1.1bn. Lawyers hoping to receive commissions in excess of US$300m worked with Nigerian government officials to criminalize the deal globally but failed spectacularly. This book exposes the dirty intrigue, Machiavellian exploits, unbridled politics, crass opportunism and vile vendetta
around the world-famous oil block