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Another Nigerian government executive jet has been seized by an aggrieved investor, this time in Canada. The jet, a Bombardier 6000 type BD-700-1A10, was previously seized from Dan Etete, a former petroleum minister, and had been stored in Canada.<\/div>\n
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\nZhongshang Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd, a Chinese company, successfully repossessed the private jet valued at $57million from the Nigerian government.<\/p>\n

The company, which has been seeking to confiscate Nigerian assets, received the necessary paperwork for the transfer of custodianship from Canadian authorities in Montreal.<\/p>\n

\nThis development comes after a Canadian court ruled in favour of Zhongshang, granting the company permission to seize the aircraft from Nigeria, Peoples Gazette reports citing sources.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court granted orders for Zhongshang to seize the plane earlier this year, but the change of custody from Nigeria to Zhongshang was only recently concluded,\u201d a person familiar with Zhongshang\u2019s activities said anonymously to discuss the matter.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u201cZhongshang will not stop seizing Nigeria\u2019s assets worldwide until the last cent of the arbitration awards has been paid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge David Collier of the Superior Court of Quebec had on March 21, 2024, quashed Nigeria\u2019s arguments to keep ownership of the aircraft, which records showed was purchased for $57 million by fugitive Dan Etete as part of his spending binge shortly after netting over $350 million windfall from the lucrative but corrupt sale of OPL 245 oil field in 2010.<\/p>\n

Nigeria first seized the aircraft from Mr Etete in 2016 and trapped it in Dubai. Flight tracking websites showed it was then flown suddenly to Canada on May 29, 2020, where Nigeria quickly obtained a court order for seizure and held it at the main airport in Montreal. A Canadian firm, Tibit, sought to claim ownership, but Canadian courts allowed Nigeria to remain in charge of the aircraft.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Zhongshang moved to seize the jet, which could accommodate up to 19 people, while pursuing enforcement of its arbitration awards of over $70 million against Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Judge Collier said Nigeria failed to enter a dispute against the aircraft\u2019s seizure by Zhongshang, declaring the country\u2019s argument that it could not respond to the lawsuit for nine months over the February-March 2023 general elections was frivolous and unacceptable.<\/p>\n

The judge also rejected Nigeria\u2019s sovereign immunity claim along the lines already itemised by the arbitration panel and courts in the United Kingdom. An appellate court<\/p>\n

With the Bombardier luxury aircraft now in its possession, Zhongshang has successfully seized Nigeria\u2019s assets in the UK, France and Canada, where the country\u2019s guest houses, presidential jets and the Etete jet have been confiscated, respectively \u2014 with potentially more seizures expected in Belgium and the U.S. in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Although Nigeria has lost all its challenges against the Chinese investors in at least five countries, it has nonetheless maintained no wrongdoing in the lawsuits, which stemmed from a botched free trade zone contract in Ogun State.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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