{"id":38830,"date":"2021-03-11T14:16:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=38830"},"modified":"2021-03-11T12:02:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T12:02:19","slug":"buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta","title":{"rendered":"Buhari govt rules out direct refund of Ibori loot to Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has tactically ruled out a direct refund of the Ibori loot Delta State Government.<\/p>\n

An indication came to the fore in the remarks by Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn consonance with existing framework or model engaged in the management of previous recoveries, the Federal Executive Council directed that the instant repatriated funds should be deployed towards the completion of the following legacy projects: the Second Niger Bridge, Abuja \u2013 Kano expressway and the Lagos \u2013 Ibadan expressway\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Malami said the spending is under the coordination of the Nigeria Social Investment Authority (NSIA) to ensure integrity of the process, while a reputable Civil Society Organization has been engaged to monitor the execution of the projects.<\/p>\n

In the MoU earlier executed in 2016, the UK agreed to release millions of pounds declared stolen by former Delta State Governor, James Ibori and associates.<\/p>\n

Malami said the development was the threshold of another major milestone in Nigeria\u2019s quest to attain full recovery of all looted assets, prevent abuse of recovered assets and ensure optimal utilization for citizens\u2019 benefit.<\/p>\n

The minister noted that the repatriation underscored the fact that international cooperation and mutual trust can yield great benefits for the citizenry in developing countries who are the direct victims of acts of corruption.<\/p>\n

Malamai recalled Nigeria provided the assistance to the British authorities while the prosecution of James Ibori lasted in London.<\/p>\n

The AGF expressed confidence that the Nigerian and British governments remain committed to all affirmative actions to combat corruption\/illicit financial flows and ensure looters do not find comfort.<\/p>\n

Noting that the Buhari administration has established a reputation of transparency and accountability of utilization of recovered assets, the Ibori loot, he assured, \u201cwill in no way be different in terms of application\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has tactically ruled out a direct refund of the Ibori loot Delta State Government. An indication came to the fore in the remarks by Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the United Kingdom. \u201cIn consonance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,97,449,3358,254],"class_list":["post-38830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-buhari","tag-delta","tag-ibori-loot","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nBuhari govt rules out direct refund of Ibori loot to Delta - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has tactically ruled out a direct refund of the Ibori loot Delta State Governm ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buhari govt rules out direct refund of Ibori loot to Delta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has tactically ruled out a direct refund of the Ibori loot Delta State Governm ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-11T14:16:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-604a06a48392f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"674\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Buhari govt rules out direct refund of Ibori loot to Delta\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-11T14:16:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-604a06a48392f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Buhari\",\"Delta\",\"Ibori loot\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-govt-rules-out-direct-refund-of-ibori-loot-to-delta\",\"name\":\"Buhari govt rules out direct refund of Ibori loot to Delta - 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