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A court of appeal in Jersey has refused an application by Jeremiah Useni, a retired lieutenant-general of the Nigerian Army, to gain access...

A Royal Court in Jersey has refused an application by Jeremiah Useni, a retired lieutenant-general of the Nigerian Army to gain access to £2million funds held in seized bank accounts in the country. In May, the court had also ordered the forfeiture of the funds. Useni was said to have transferred the money into the Standard Chartered Bank accounts in Jersey between the 1980s and 1990s, when he was in Nigeria’s military service. The accounts — in US dollars, euros and sterling — were repor...

A royal court in Jersey has refused an application by Jeremiah Useni, a retired lieutenant-general of the Nigerian Army, to gain access...

The money was transferred into the island's Standard Chartered Bank accounts between the 1980s and 1990s by Mr Useni, though in a false identity, when he was in Nigeria's military service.

The story of how Royal Court in Jersey seized nearly £2m of dirty money transferred into local bank accounts by General Jerry Useni,

Mr Useni was a Lieutenant General in the Army and close ally of Sani Abacha under whom he served as minister.