Ibori Loot: We’ve Sent A Formal Letter Of Protest To President Buhari – Okowa

• Nigeria and the UK had signed a memorandum of understanding on March 9 for the repatriation of the funds stolen by Ibori, a former Delta State
• Shortly after, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said the money will be spent by the Federal Government on Federal projects such as the second Niger bridge, Abuja-Kano Road and the Lagos-Ibadan expressway

The Delta State Government has asked the Federal Government to return the £4.2 million James Ibori loot being repatriated to Nigeria by the United Kingdom to the state.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa believes that since the money was stolen from the state, it would only be just to return the funds back to the state.

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“I have spoken with the attorney-general of the federation. My attorney-general went to have a meeting with him. I think that we are working and we are likely to come on the same page. We have written a formal letter of protest to Mr President,” the Governor said.

The protest by the state is in reaction to the decision of the Federal Government to spend the funds on federal projects.

Governor Okowa, however, expects the Federal Government to take a similar route as the UK Government by returning the money to the source it was stolen from.

“In the same manner of the relationship created between the UK and Nigeria, we also expect that the Nigerian Government will do the same thing by being magnanimous to return the money back to the source, which is Delta State,” he said.

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