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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Ungoed-Thomas

The Nigerian gas deal, the Irish impresario and the £8bn ruling amid claims of bribery

Two men walk past gas flares in Idu, in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria.
The proposed P&ID deal with Nigeria involved providing electricity processed from waste ‘wet gas’, which was being flared into the atmosphere. Photograph: Sunday Alamba/AP

It has been described as one of the most extraordinary cases ever to come before the high court, involving an Irish impresario, an alleged $50,000 bribe stuffed into a bag and potentially one of the biggest payouts in legal history.

The saga of two Irish businessmen, Michael Quinn and Brendan Cahill, who promised to revolutionise Nigeria’s energy sector, will be at the centre of a high court trial early next year.

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