Nigerians on Wednesday started signing a petition asking the Nigerian government to return the sum of £4.2 million of stolen assets by former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, to the Delta State’s treasury.
The petitioner, Lucky Ighoyota, explained that since the funds were laundered to the United Kingdom, and now recovered, they should return to the state’s coffers, and not to the Federal Government. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, had stated this in Abuja, the nation’s capital.She condemned how many Nigerians were in the habit of siphoning money from the country to the UK, saying that had also affected the level of trust between the two countries.The petition reads, “The unending corruption in Nigeria is so alarming across the 36 states of the federation. And as such government officials across board are on a stealing spree.
“On the other hand, the Federal Government has allocated these funds to projects, none of which is situated in Delta State. It must be noted that these funds originated from Delta state and were supposed to be used to provide healthcare, quality education and social amenities to the people of Delta, before being laundered to the UK.
It should be returned to Delta because the total amount is circa £100mm,and most likely some of the people on the federal level involved are looking at a possible source of campaign funds in 2023...
Where is the to sign the petition please.
The money belong to Delta state government, so it should be given to the state government.
Please how much is this money in Naira
Its Delta money, injustice will be to use the money for other purposes or taken over by the Federal Government
The funny thing is, the project the presidency says they will spend the money on had arlier been budgeted for. I stand to be corrected though.
officialEFCC DSGovernment Ibori Loot traceable to Delta State Account?Return to Delta State! It is called restitution! National Assembly Representatives said amount is £6.2, not £4.2 million. EFCC/repatriation signatories to investigate and clarify now!
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Thieves fighting over money stolen by a thief so that they will steal it all over again
Whether Delta state govt like it or not FG is going to use the money to execute tangible projects that will be a benefit of Delta and Nigeria as a whole. The incumbent governor wants to re-loot the money or wants to return it back to his godfather. Not InMyCountry
Laughable. Where was delta state when the federal government was pursuing ibori all over the world to prosecute him for the storm funds. You guys can get 300m signatures. I bet the money would be returned to the federal government of Nigeria. You guys are clowns
If that money gets to Delta State, they are giving it back to Ibori. The people who celebrated his return from UK prison like he won an Oscar award and that he was been accused falsely.
UK should obtain the BVN of the people of Delta State. UK should credit all the people of Delta State directly. If the money should get to Nigeria, 'monkey' will swallow it
Funny to be returned to delta to be looted again
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