According to
report, Justice Butcher of Wales High Court had handed a 10-year sentence to
Bashir after he was found guilty of breaching multiple orders of the court in a
pending suit instituted by Sahara Energy Resources Ltd.
Nigerian oil
mogul and CEO of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Ltd, Abdulrahman Bashir, has denied
reports of being jailed in the United Kingdom.
However,
Bashir has released a statement denying the report. He also released photos of
him visiting Sahara Energy on Thursday, August 20.
In the
statement signed by his legal adviser, Dada Awosika, Bashir said he is
committed to the service agreement between his firm and Sahara Energy over the
buying and selling of 15,000MT Gasoil deal between the two firms in 2018.
Responding to
the report that he had defaulted in the agreement and sentenced by a London
Court, Bashir clarified that an agreement was reached between Ultimate Oil
& Gas, Sahara Energy & Rahamaniyya Oil & Gas on a payment plan for
the balance of cargo dues owed to Sahara Energy to be effected between Dec 2019
and 31 Jun 2020.
The oil and
gas businessman explained that as part of the agreement, Sahara would
relinquish claim over cargo return while Rahamaniyya would withdraw proceedings
against Sahara in a Nigerian court. He stated that on June 5, 2020 a revised
payment agreement was concluded by all parties and is expected to be completed
latest by Feb 2021.
According to
the statement, the report about the London court ruling came to the two
businessmen as a surprise and informed why both of them met at Sahara Energy
office in Abuja to prove that their relationship was intact.
“In the above
mentioned case, we wish to clarify that such claims are false, harmful and
misleading, as both firms mate today at Sahara Energy Corporate office in Abuja
to strengthen their mutual business relationships as attached photographs.
Finally, we
wish to state that the relationship between the firms remain cordial and we are
up to date with our contractual business agreement. Bashir is a law abiding
citizen who remains free based out of his home in Abuja, Nigeria.
”the
statement read
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