Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited, Abdulrahman Bashir [PHOTO CREDIT: rahamaniyyagroup.com.ng]A Nigerian oil magnate sentenced to 10 months imprisonment in the United Kingdom, Abdulrahman Bashir, has reacted to an earlier report by PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr Bashir was sentenced for disobeying multiple orders of the court including Justice Robin Knowles’ judgement of August 1, 2019 and Justice Bryan’s order of September 6, 2019. In December 2018, Ultimate and Sahara entered into a settlement agreement, in which Ultimate confirmed that the value of Gas Oil that had been delivered was USD 10,760,728.77, and agreed to make a series of monthly payments for the Gas Oil.
Thereafter, various attempts made by Sahara to obtain delivery of the gas oil, including issuing an order on 12 July 2019 for the entirety of the 6,400.69 MT of the gas oil which remained at the terminal failed.The release order was not complied with and this birthed the lawsuit. “I’m committed to the service agreement between Rahamaniyya and Sahara Energy,” he said through Mr Awosika, his lawyer.