U.K. Court Orders Nigeria’s Oando CEO to Pay $680m Debt

July 16, 2018, 10:08 PM UTC

A London court ordered two companies owned by Wale Tinubu, the chief executive of Nigerian energy company Oando Plc, and his deputy, Mofe Boyo, to pay $680 million to Ansbury Investment Inc. following a dispute over shareholding and financial management.

The London Court of International Arbitration ruled that Ocean and Oil Development Partners, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, which owns 55.96% of Oando through a holding company, is indebted to Ansbury to the tune of $600 million, Ansbury spokesman Bolaji Akinola said.

Whitmore Asset Management Limited, also owned by Tinubu and Boyo, owed Ansbury $80 million, Akinola ...

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