BREAKING: FG receives $311m Abacha loot
Published May 4, 2020

Tobi Aworinde, Abuja


The Federal Government, on Monday, confirmed the receipt of $311m looted by the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha.

The PUNCH reports that the loot was repatriated from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

The Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, said approximately $311,797,866.11 of the Abacha loot was repatriated from the US and Jersey.
According to Malami, the amount increased significantly from over $308m as stated in a press release in February to over $311m because of the interest that accrued from February 3, 2020, to 28th April, 2020, when the fund was transferred to the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The AGF noted that the litigation process for the return of these assets titled “Abacha III” commenced in 2014, while the diplomatic process culminated in the signing of the Asset Return Agreement on February 3, 2020, by the governments of Nigeria, the US and Jersey commenced in 2018.

“This agreement is based on international law and cooperation measures that set out the procedures for the repatriation, transfer, disposition and management of the assets,” he said.

According to the statement, the recovery effort further consolidates on the established record of the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), which has a history of recovery of $322m from Switzerland in 2018 that is being transparently and judiciously deployed in supporting indigent Nigerians as specified in the agreement signed with the Switzerland and the World Bank.

The minister, who led the negotiation team, noted that the Tripartite Agreement and the process towards the implementation represents a major watershed in International Asset Recovery and Repatriation as it seeks to provide benefit to the victims of corruption.

He said, “In line with the 2020 Asset Return Agreement, the fund has been transferred to a Central Bank of Nigeria Asset Recovery designated account and would be paid to the National Sovereign Investment Authority within the next fourteen days. The NSIA is responsible for the management and execution of the projects to which the funds will be applied.”

Malami added that the Federal Government had committed that the assets would support and assist in expediting the construction of three major infrastructure projects across Nigeria, including Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Abuja-Kano Road, and the Second Niger Bridge.

He added that the country was in the process of establishing a Project Monitoring Team to oversee the implementation of the projects and report regularly on progress made to the public.

The statement said, “To ensure transparent management of the returned assets, the Nigerian government will also engage a civil society organisation, who has combined expertise in substantial infrastructure projects, civil engineering, anti-corruption compliance, anti-human trafficking compliance, and procurement to provide additional monitoring and oversight.

“The process for the engagement of the CSO monitor has already commenced with the adverts placed in two Nigeria newspapers – Daily Trust and The PUNCH (4th March, 2020 and a Notice of Extension on 17th April, 2020), the Federal Tender Journal (9th and 23rd March, 2020), the Economist (14th March, 2020). The advert can also be found on the website of the Federal Ministry of Justice.

“It may be recalled that the recovered funds were laundered through the US banking system and then held in bank accounts in the Bailiwick of Jersey. In 2014, a US Federal Court in Washington D.C. forfeited the money as property involved in the illicit laundering of the proceeds of corruption arising in Nigeria during the period from 1993 to 1998 when General Abacha was Head of State.”

Add source for us and let wailers get on with their only job.

And so what?

It may likely be Re-looted !

That's not News to Nigerians!

Good

Loooooooooot for buhari
Cash out time

Looting 2.0
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I never believed it

And if this is true, we must all share it, not only for foolanis....

news already broke op

BREAKING: Buhari Govt Receives $312m Abacha Loot From US by EtteP(m): 3:09pm

https://www.nairaland.com/5835289/breaking-buhari-govt-receives-312m#up

hmm!

I hope the money will not enter voicemail as usual.

Ok o, share the money

Officialgarri:
Add source for us and let wailers get on with their only job.

Though wailing ain't my pastime, but one cant help but ask what d conditions attached to d 'repartrated loots' are.

This one dt nass are trying to smuggle in 'pharaoic' (#vaccination) laws thru d back door. One must shine his eyes o.

Lies

Share into 37 equal VALUES for a portion to FG and to each of our 36 Constitutional States with a Blueprint of a Standard Project to spend it upon.

Federal Government had committed that the assets would support and assist in expediting the construction of three major infrastructure projects across Nigeria, including Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Abuja-Kano Road, and the Second Niger Bridge ...


$311 million for two interstate express ways nd Niger Bridge? The Nigerian government is doing well! Bunch of irredeemable and opportunistic looters

Bubu will be happy now in aso rock,,,,,next week nw u wont hear anytin again about dis money

America just gave back the loot so that it can re-looted by buhari govt. what's the essence then?

Chai sai baba don cash out again

But on getting it here now,I don't know how it will affect us positively economically.