sentences:  An out-of-court settlement was reached and will be put in writing at a meeting scheduled to take place in Rome, Italy in March 2009.The settlement followed months of negotiations between Pfizer and the Kano state government which represented the plaintiffs.According to Wikileaked US embassy cables, Pfizer's country manager admitted that "Pfizer had hired investigators to uncover corruption links to federal attorney general Michael Aondoakaa to expose him and put pressure on him to drop the federal cases".