The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Barack Obama to back up his commitment on stolen assets by taking thoughtful and aggressive steps towards returning them to Nigeria.

The organisation which made the plea in a statement issued in Lagos ‎ahead of the meeting of President Muhammadu Buhari with officials of the Obama government this week,‎ urged the US government to deal with the problem with the seriousness and intensity that has been previously lacking in similar exercise.

In the statement signed by SERAP executive director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, the organisation welcomed the commitment by President Obama to assist the Buhari government to track down billions of dollars in stolen assets from the country.
It stated that greater efforts are required by the Obama government to follow through its commitment if it is to secure a measure of justice for Nigerian victims of corruption and money laundering.

It urged the Obama government to move quickly to resolve the issue of returning the assets to the country in an expeditious, just and fair manner.
“Unless this is done, the rare opportunity the Obama government now has to right the injustice aided and abetted by the US banks will be gone,” it said.

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OK

Good move.