Nigeria government has won a final international arbitration against European Dynamics UK Ltd, with a tribunal dismissing claims totalling more than $6.2 million arising from a dispute over a national e-procurement project.
The aide to the President on Communication and Publicity, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Kamarudeen Ogundele, disclosed this in a statement dated February 22, 2026.
It read that the ruling, which is final and not subject to appeal, dismissed the contractor’s claims in their entirety, relieving Nigeria of potential financial exposure estimated at over $6.2 million (approximately ₦9.3 billion) in claimed payments and damages.
It noted that the dispute involved the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and European Dynamics UK Ltd over a contract for the design, development and customisation, supply, installation and maintenance of a national electronic Government Procurement (eGP) system supported by the World Bank.
The project was intended to enhance transparency, accountability and efficiency in federal public procurement processes.
It showed that the European Dynamics firm claimed approximately $2.4 million for alleged milestone completions, $3 million in general damages and an additional $800,000 in settlement claims.
According to the official statement, the Director-General of the BPP, Adebowale Adedokun, inherited the stalled project and ongoing arbitration proceedings upon assuming office.
Although discussions had previously been held around a possible out-of-court settlement, the bureau proceeded with arbitration, insisting that payments must be tied strictly to demonstrable value delivered.
Central to the dispute was the User Acceptance Test (UAT), which the BPP said identified significant functional deficiencies, including critical omissions and errors affecting system performance.
Nigeria argued that software customisation contracts are performance-validated and that delivery crystallises only upon satisfactory UAT confirming compliance with technical requirements, statutory workflows and the operational environment for which the system was commissioned.
It stated that the tribunal upheld Nigeria’s position, finding that the identified deficiencies fell within the contractor’s responsibility to remedy at no additional cost.
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It said the tribunal also held that the contractor, as the technical expert, bore the obligation to ensure the delivered system complied with contractual requirements, irrespective of earlier technical documents that might have been approved by the BPP.
The tribunal further found no evidence that the bureau consented to the merger of multi-phase modules into a single phase.
“Nothing in the Contract suggests that such a merger is permissible, particularly given that payment is structured in phases. Consequently, the contractual framework was distorted,” it ruled.
All claims by European Dynamics UK Ltd were consequently dismissed.
Nigeria’s legal team was led by Johnson & Wilner LLP, a Nigerian business and technology law firm, with Basil Udotai Esq., Founding Partner, leading the arbitration alongside the firm’s strategic partners and associates.
Adedokun, while speaking during a formal presentation of the award to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, described the outcome as significant.
“This particular vendor has taken various African countries to court and won every single case. Nigeria is the first to defeat them. We stood our ground against one of the best legal teams in the world because we believed in the expertise of our own Nigerian legal professionals,” he said.
He expressed appreciation to the Attorney General for approving the continuation of the proceedings, noting that without such support, Nigeria would have lost billions of naira that can now be spent on national development.
Responding, the Attorney General commended the BPP leadership and legal team.
“Nigeria is a country blessed with both natural and human resources. This win sends a clear message to the international community: Nigeria has resonated. It is no longer business as usual.
“By standing up to European Dynamics, we have instilled courage in other African nations to protect their own resources,” he said.
He also praised the president for supporting institutional strengthening within the justice sector.
He said, “We have a leader, mentor and father who can always watch our back. If he says leave it, we have no choice… he wants to nurture strong institutions.”
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