We Have Received £4.2m Ibori Loot – Malami
Confirms
The British government has returned
£4,214,017.66 stolen by a former Delta State Governor, James Ibori and his
cronies to the federal government.
Attorney-General of the Federation
and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made the confirmation through his
Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Umar Gwandu on Tuesday.
According to the statement the
amount has been credited into the designated Federal Government account with
naira equivalent value of the amount as of May 10, 2021.
Mr Malami had signed Memorandum of
Understanding for the repatriation of the Ibori loot on behalf of the Federal
Government of Nigeria.
The development, according to Mr
Malami, was a demonstration of the recognition of reputation Nigeria earns
through records of management of recovered stolen Nigerian stolen in the
execution of public oriented projects.
