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March 29, 2019
TheCourt of Appeal, Lagos Division on Friday set aside a 57 million dollarsjudgement which a Federal High Court awarded to Nigeria LNG Limited, NLNGagainst the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Security Agency, NIMASA.
AFederal High Court had in October 2017 said that NLNG was right in its refusalto pay levies demanded by NIMASA and that all such payments already made byNLNG to NIMASA should be refunded.
Deliveringthe judgement, Justice M.B Idris said NIMASA was wrong in blocking the Bonnyfor the purpose of enforcing the payments against NLNG.
Butthe Court of Appeal, in Lagos, Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba Friday set asidethe judgement, saying that the case should be retried before another FederalHigh Court Judge.