Nigeria, May 17 -- The Nigerian Government has won the first round of its bid to set aside a 2018 default judgement involving a $15 million fine against it in favour of Louis Emovbira Williams, a British-Nigerian businessman.

The government and Clement Akpamgbo, the country's attorney general between 1991 and 1993, had asked a London high court to overturn the judgement and the penalty "on the ground that the judgment was obtained fraudulently."

Mr Williams, in reaction, applied to have the claim struck out, saying it amounted to an abuse of process and that the move "is a collateral attack on previous judgments of this court."

In a copy of the approved judgement circulated to parties on 30 April 2025 and seen by PREMIUM TIMES, Justice...