The United Kingdom has said it is ready, to return looted assets by former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, worth £4.2 million back to Nigeria.
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Laing, explained the assets were part of those recovered from Ibori’s friends and family members.
Laing stated this on Tuesday at a ceremony in Abuja, to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between both countries.
Laing said the Ibori’s case is complicated and the UK authorities were still working on the total amount involved.
Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who signed for the country, disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the returned loots be deployed for completion of the second Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and the Abuja to Kano expressway.
