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The £4.2m Belongs to Delta State Government


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Femi Falana, SAN and Chukwudi Enebeli discuss the agreement reached by the British and Nigerian Governments, to return part of the funds confiscated from former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, to the Federal Government of Nigeria, on the condition that the funds are ploughed into specific projects, to forestall the relooting of the funds. The Federal Government has elected and undertaken to utilise the funds, to continue specific road projects which are outside Delta State. The writers denounce this decision as wrong, concluding that the funds belong to Delta State where they were looted from and should be returned to the Delta State Government, or that even if the monies are to be returned on the understanding that they shall be used for earmarked projects, they must be used for projects in Delta State for the benefit of Deltans ....

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Fireworks over return of £4.2m Ibori loot


• Delta govt: Money does not belong to Federal Government
• Sagay: Money must be returned to Delta State
• British High Commissioner: Ill-gotten money not welcome in UK
• CISLAC, lawyers want money spent on victims of looted funds
Just as the 2012 conviction of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, by a court in the United Kingdom elicited mixed reactions, the British Government’s resolve yesterday to return to Nigeria £4.2million (about N2.2 billion) funds recovered from friends and family members of the former governor has stirred up debate pitting the Federal Government against the Delta State government.
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The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has directed that the £4.2million returned loot be deployed to complete the second Niger Bridge among other projects. ....

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Delta heads to Supreme Court to reclaim £4.2m Ibori loot


FG plans to spend the funds on Second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kano Road and the Lagos-Ibadan road..
FILE PHOTO: James Ibori, former governor of Delta State
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Tue Mar 09 2021
The Delta State Government says it will challenge federal government’s plan to deploy the recently returned £4.2 million (around N2.2 billion) recovered from former governor, James Ibori, at the Supreme Court.
The Commissioner for Information, Ehiedu Aniagwu, disclosed this on Tuesday while reacting to news of the repatriation of the funds, which the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said would be used to complete the ongoing work on Second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kano Road and the Lagos-Ibadan road. ....

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