The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has dismissed a $19.6m suit filed against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited by Alternate Dimensions Ventures Ltd over alleged professional fees arising from a Direct Sale, Direct Purchase contract.
In a ruling delivered on May 22, 2026, Justice Hamza Mu’azu held that the claimant failed to establish that the scope of the contract was expanded beyond the terms contained in the written agreement between the parties.
Alternate Dimensions Ventures Ltd, through its counsel, Patrick Peter, had argued that the contract was orally modified and that the company was therefore entitled to $19.6m for services allegedly rendered under the revised arrangement.
However, counsel to NNPCL, Ituah Imhanze of KENNA LP, urged the court to dismiss the suit, insisting that parties are strictly bound by the express terms of their written agreement except where amendments are formally documented.
Imhanze argued that “without any written amendment or variation to the contract, the claimant’s case is legally unsustainable”.
