Eni considers the Public Prosecutor's requests for conviction in the Nigeria trial against the company, its current and former CEOs, and the managers involved in the proceeding, to be devoid of any foundation.
During the indictment, the PM, in the absence of any evidence or concrete reference to the contents of the preliminary investigation, reiterated the same narrative of the investigation phase, based on suggestions and deductions, ignoring that both the witnesses and the documentation that emerged denied , in two years of trial and over forty hearings, the accusatory theses.
The Defenses will demonstrate to the Court that Eni and its management operated absolutely correctly in the context of the Opl245 operation.
It should be remembered that Eni and Shell paid a reasonable and reasonable purchase price for the license directly to the Nigerian government, as contractually provided for through clear, linear and transparent methods; Furthermore, Eni did not know, nor was it required to know, the possible destination of the funds subsequently paid to Malabu by the Nigerian Government, a payment which also took place after an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Authority of Great Britain (SOCA).
Therefore, there are no Eni bribes in Nigeria and there is no Eni scandal. Eni recalls the provisions of the US Department of Justice and the SEC, which closed their investigations without taking any action against the company. The multiple internal investigations entrusted to international third parties by the company's supervisory bodies had for some time already highlighted the absence of illegal conduct. Eni is confident that the truth can finally be restored following the defensive arguments that will be carried out at the end of September pending the judgment of the Court.