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Geregu Power bond default and chairman's personal settlement

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Geregu Power bond default and scrutiny over fund usage chairman's personal settlement

Geregu Power Plc defaulted on its N40.09 billion Series 1 Senior Unsecured Bond, marking the first corporate bond default in Nigeria’s debt capital market in seven years. The default occurred after followed a sharp decline in financial performance for the six-month period ending June 30, 2026, during which profit after tax dropped 88% to N2.54 billion and revenue fell 78.71% to N18.65 billion. The company missed its eighth semi-annual coupon payment and its fourth scheduled principal bullet repayment, following an 88% drop in profit after tax for the six-month period ending June 30, 2026. repayment. In response, a significant development, the company stated it is engaging with stakeholders and advisers company’s Board Chairman, Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, used personal funds to resolve settle the outstanding challenges and is conducting a comprehensive review of its financial and operational affairs to ensure transparency. While bond obligations. Yari, whose investment group acquired the event has raised concerns regarding credit risk utility in Nigeria’s corporate debt market, Intelligence Africa Ratings late 2025, stated the intervention aimed to “prevent reputational damage and protect company equity.” He noted that the default does not necessarily indicate a deterioration of while the systemic credit fundamentals of debt was inherited from previous management, discussions regarding reimbursement for the entire Nigerian power sector. New scrutiny liability are ongoing. The settlement has emerged prompted discussions regarding corporate governance, with legal practitioner Chidi Odinkalu commenting on the implications of political figures using personal capital to bail out publicly listed energy corporations. This crisis follows scrutiny over the utilization of the N40 billion original 2022 bond proceeds, which proceeds. While funds were originally issued in July 2022 earmarked for general corporate purposes, including expanding power generation capacity and acquiring strategic assets. Although records from 2022 indicated the funds were earmarked to finance the acquisition of assets—such as a power generation company through the Bureau of Public Enterprises, and 2023 records showed a $4,000,000 bid bond commitment for the acquisition of Geregu II, company Enterprises—company sources suggest the acquisition objective was objectives were not met. This has led met, leading to internal concerns regarding how the bond proceeds were deployed under the company’s previous management.

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  1. 2026-08-22 23:26 UTC Geregu Power bond default and chairman's personal settlement
  2. 2026-08-17 12:33 UTC Geregu Power bond default and scrutiny over fund usage
  3. 2026-08-14 11:19 UTC Geregu Power bond default in Nigeria

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