MTN has hired a former Attorney General of the United States of America, Eric Holder, to help it battle Nigeria in the case of a $3.9 billion fine imposed on the company.
The Nigeria Communications Commission imposed the fine on MTN for failing to disconnect unregistered users.
Holder was said to have pleaded with Nigerian officials last month on behalf of the telecoms company without any fruitful outcome.
His hiring by MTN was first reported by Financial Times on Wednesday.
MTN Nigeria was originally fined $5.2 billion in October 2015, but had it reduced by 25 percent to $3.9 billion a few weeks after.
The company, after it failed to push for pardon, approached a Lagos High Court in December to quash the fine.
It said the NCC had no legal grounds to impose such penalty.
After hearing the case, the presiding judge in January gave the two parties a two-month period to settle out of court.
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