Ex-advisor and medical doctor John Abebe – once dubbed ‘Mr Statoil’ – has been pursuing a legal claim that Statoil had agreed to pay him the share of profits for helping the company to secure lucrative blocks in the 1990s.

The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Tuesday upheld an earlier ruling that Abebe has the right to the remuneration for his consultancy services, Bloomberg News reported.

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