Federal government has been urged to fish out the Nigerian collaborators in the $11bn arbitration award P&ID sought to get from Nigeria, saying the fact that the court ruled in favour of Nigeria should not be the end of the case.
These views were expressed at the media training organized by Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre in collaboration with Journalist For Democratic Rights(JODER) supported by MacArthur Foundation, held in Ikeja, Lagos.
The participants who spoke on the topic “Building Public Ownership for Transparency and Accountability in Governance and Service Delivery” added that rather it should be the beginning because there would be some prominent Nigerians that aided the company in her bid to defraud Nigeria.
They also urged Nigerian journalists to be committed to do more investigative stories on corruption cases and ensure such cases are pursued until justice is obtained.
Sam Olukoya of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said P&ID case should not be closed like that, because the justice was In favour of Nigerian government, noting that rather the case has just started and government should go after the Nigerians, who connived with the company with the aim of defrauding the country.
Also at the event, Mr Adewale Adeoye of JODER noted that corruption has local and international dimensions, which focus on the life of the people, just as he observed that investigation into corruption cases in Nigeria has reduced.
“We don’t do much investigation on corruption cases, which could have strengthened the fight against corruption,” he said.