US embassy cable - 03ABUJA1373

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NIGERIA: GON CALLS ARTICLE 98 AN EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT

Identifier: 03ABUJA1373
Wikileaks: View 03ABUJA1373 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abuja
Created: 2003-08-12 14:34:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS ABUJA 001373 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR: PM/B, L, T, P, D, IO, S/WCI, S/P, CWG/PM, 
PM/AT, 
AF FOR DAS BRIDGEWATER 
AF/W FOR DAN EPSTEIN AND CALLI FULLER 
OSD/ISP/NP FOR LOOK 
DOD/OGC FOR ALLEN 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, MARR, MOPS, KTIA, NI, KICC 
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: GON CALLS ARTICLE 98 AN EXECUTIVE 
AGREEMENT 
 
 
REF: ABUJA 1134 
 
 
1.  (U) The Nigerian Solicitor-General (the highest ranking 
civil servant in the Ministry of Justice and the official 
who executed the Article 98 Agreement on behalf of the GON) 
I.A. Ayua indicated in a July 14 letter to Ambassador Jeter 
that the GON has deemed the Article 98 agreement an 
executive agreement.  Thus, there will be no need to seek 
National Assembly ratification. 
 
 
2.  (U) The Agreement will come into force upon the 
exchange of Notes between the USG and the GON indicating 
that each has fulfilled the domestic legal requirements to 
bring the Agreement into force.  Embassy Abuja transmitted 
the U.S. Note on July 3 and we will now ask the GON to 
reciprocate. 
 
 
3.  (U) A scanned copy of Ayua's letter has been sent to 
AF/W via e-mail. 
LIBERI 

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