In daring detail, 'OPL 245: The inside story of the $1.3bn Nigerian oil block' tells the uncensored story of the billion-dollar deal between Shell plc, Eni S.p.A. and Malabu Oil & Gas Ltd of Nigeria that went awry.
The deal attracted global attention over allegations of fraud and bribery and was investigated by American, British, Dutch and Italian authorities. But as the world watched what was touted by UK-based campaigners as "the biggest corporate scandal trial in history", every piece started falling apart, with an Italian Court concluding that there was no fraud. A UK court ruled likewise in a civil case. This is a story of dirty intrigue, high-wire politics, vendetta and Machiavellian tactics.
Mohammed Bello Adoke was the Nigerian attorney-general from 2010 to 2015. He was educated at the Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, the Robert Kennedy University, Switzerland, the University of Nottingham, the UK, and the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, England. He was a member of the prestigious International Law Commission from 2010 to 2017. Adoke is married to Sa'adatu, a lawyer, and they have six children.
