{"id":75101,"date":"2020-07-28T12:40:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T11:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=75101"},"modified":"2020-07-28T12:40:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T11:40:04","slug":"as-debts-pile-up-stallion-group-faces-an-uncertain-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/as-debts-pile-up-stallion-group-faces-an-uncertain-future\/","title":{"rendered":"As Debts Pile Up, Stallion Group Faces an Uncertain Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-7359993942939911510\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">By Chubi\u00a0Eze<br \/>\nJuly 10, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Stallion Group, the large conglomerate with a presence in several<br \/>\nAfrican countries and the United Arab Emirates, is facing the greatest<br \/>\nchallenge in its corporate existence as several Nigerian banks seek to<br \/>\nliquidate its assets over mounting unpaid debts.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by the colourful and controversial businessman Sunil Vaswani,<br \/>\nthe Stallion Group, which is involved in a range of diverse businesses<br \/>\nspanning food processing, sales of automobiles and manufacturing, has<br \/>\nseen its stock go down since Nigeria\u2019s president Muhammadu Buhari<br \/>\nassumed power in mid-2015.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, the fifty-seven year old Mr Vaswani and his brothers<br \/>\nHaresh and Mahesh who also are part of the group\u2019s executive<br \/>\nmanagement, had developed a close friendship with the past<br \/>\nadministration of Goodluck Jonathan, an academic from the Southern part<br \/>\nof the country who ensured that Stallion reaped the benefits of its<br \/>\npromoters\u2019 fealty through widely-criticized concessions.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Buhari\u2019s ascendancy to the presidency, fueled by a mantra of change<br \/>\nhas led to greater scrutiny of the labyrinthine dealings of the Vaswanis<br \/>\nwho have been under countless investigations by several law enforcement<br \/>\nauthorities in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to well-publicized investigations by the Economic and<br \/>\nFinancial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Stallion Group has had serious<br \/>\nissues with state and federal tax agencies, the Nigerian Customs Service<br \/>\nand the police against which Stallion\u2019s directors sought a protective<br \/>\nfundamental human rights order in November 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the EFCC filed charges against Stallion Motors Limited and its<br \/>\nchief executive Hapreet Singh for allegedly giving a N1.275 billion to<br \/>\nthe People\u2019s Democratic Party to finance the 2015 elections and the<br \/>\ninexorable pressure from the anti-graft agency and other quangos has<br \/>\ndisrupted the group\u2019s business leading to a rapid downsizing of its<br \/>\nworkforce.<\/p>\n<p>Industry watchers say that Stallion\u2019s closeness to senior officials of<br \/>\nthe People\u2019s Democratic Party, including Sambo Dasuki, the former<br \/>\nNational Security Adviser, who was incarcerated for several years by the<br \/>\nBuhari administration after being accused of diverting billions meant<br \/>\nfor security to partisan causes, has effectively placed Stallion and the<br \/>\nVaswanis on a government blacklist cutting it off from lucrative<br \/>\ncontracts that had been a cash cow for the group.<\/p>\n<p>Sensing Stallion\u2019s precarious financial situation, several Nigerian<br \/>\nbanks have also gone for the firm\u2019s jugular. In 2019, a Federal High<br \/>\nCourt in Lagos granted an order protecting Gbenga Akinde-Peters, a<br \/>\nReceiver\/Manager appointed by Guaranty Trust Bank Plc to take over all<br \/>\nfixed and floating assets of Stallion Nigeria Limited company in<br \/>\nreceivership,the company owned by the Vaswani brothers, wherever the<br \/>\nassets are found, particularly its registered Head office at 270A, Ajose<br \/>\nAdeogun Street Victoria Island Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The order of the court was as a result of the company\u2019s inability to<br \/>\npay a debt of N11,401,860,857.06 and $1,969,801.07. The defendants in<br \/>\nthe suit were THP Limited, The Honda Place Limited, Connoisseur<br \/>\nInvestment Limited, Premium Seafoods Limited and Onward Fisheries<br \/>\nNigeria Limited who were alleged to have guaranteed the loan.<\/p>\n<p>In an affidavit sworn to by a litigation officer, Mr Segun<br \/>\nOmoshola,filed and argued before the court by a Lagos lawyer, Temilolu<br \/>\nAdamolekun, the deponent alleged that, Stallion Nigerian Limited<br \/>\ncompany, in receivership, was availed several loan facilities totaling<br \/>\nthe sum of N30.5Billion to augment its working capital needs as well as<br \/>\nthose of its related companies.<\/p>\n<p>The loan facilities were drawn down and used by the Stallion Nigeria<br \/>\nLimited Company in accordance with the offer letter.<br \/>\nThe loan was secured by the personal guarantee of Mr Sunil Vaswani who<br \/>\nis the alter ego Stallion Nigeria Limited, five choice properties<br \/>\nlocated in Lagos,Port-Harcourt and Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>However, when the facilities were matured,Stallion Nigeria Limited and<br \/>\nthe defendants\u2019 companies who guaranteed the loan failed to liquidate<br \/>\nthe facilities which have continued to accrue interest.<\/p>\n<p>GTBank stated that as at March 31,2018, Stallion Nigeria Limited\u2019s<br \/>\nindebtedness to the bank stood at N11,401,860,857.06,and $1,969,801.07.<br \/>\nThe bank said it had written several demand letters, made entreaties to<br \/>\nStallion Nigeria Limited and the defendants companies to meet their<br \/>\nobligations to the bank but Stallion did not provide any meaningful<br \/>\nresponse.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Saliu Saidu, after hearing Temilolu Adamolekun and four other<br \/>\nsenior lawyers, while restraining the Directors of the defendants<br \/>\ncompanies from obstructing the Receiver\/Manager from performing his<br \/>\nduties,also issued an order Protecting Mr Akinde Peters appointed by the<br \/>\nbank to take over all fixed and floating assets of Stallion Nigeria<br \/>\nLimited.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2020, another top-tier Nigerian bank sued Sunil Vaswani over<br \/>\ndebts accumulated by Stallion Group, based on the personal guarantee he<br \/>\nprovided for the loans. The bank sought a judgement sum of N23, 388,<br \/>\n188, 765.49 from Mr Vaswani being the outstanding debts owned by the<br \/>\nStallion Group as at May 12, 2020. The bank also asked the court to<br \/>\ncompel Mr Vaswani and the Stallion Group to pay the accumulated interest<br \/>\nat a rate determined by the court.<\/p>\n<p>The bank asked the court to transfer Mr Vaswani\u2019s assets to it if the<br \/>\ndebts are not paid. The assets which are located across several<br \/>\njurisdictions including Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United Arab<br \/>\nEmirates, include: L9, Lailak Street, Emirates Hills, Emirates Living,<br \/>\n40 Avenue Road, NWH 8 6HS.<\/p>\n<p>The bank also asked the court to authorize it to seize all stocks and<br \/>\nequity holdings maintained by Mr Vaswani around the world including cash<br \/>\ndeposits, bonds wholly or jointly-held, investments in financial<br \/>\nschemes, all forms of negotiable instruments in commercial banks,<br \/>\ndiscount houses, mortgage banks, merchant banks and other financial<br \/>\ninstitutions located within the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the United<br \/>\nStates of America, the United Arab Emirates and other countries and<br \/>\nterritories.<\/p>\n<p>The bank also applied for an order to seize Mr Vaswani\u2019s funds in<br \/>\nseveral banks including but not limited to accounts in Rak Bank and<br \/>\nEmirates NBD Bank in the United Arab Emirates, Barclays Bank Canary<br \/>\nWharf London, HSBC Bank of 8, Canada Square, Canary Wharf London and<br \/>\nStandard Chartered Bank, Basinghall Avenue, London.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chubi\u00a0Eze July 10, 2020 Stallion Group, the large conglomerate with a presence in several African countries and the United Arab Emirates, is facing the greatest challenge in its corporate&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-opinions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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