As the gavel fell, and the fate of an $11 billion windfall for P&ID crumbled, Judge Knowles sounded a scathing rebuke, echoing with the echoes of shattered dreams.
“This case has also, sadly, brought together a combination of examples of what some individuals will do for money,” he declared with conviction. “Driven by greed and prepared to use corruption; giving no thought to what their enrichment would mean in terms of harm for others. Others that, in the present case, include the people of Nigeria, already let down in so many ways over the history of this matter by a number of individuals in politics and administration whose duty it was to serve them and protect them.”
