Returned Ibori £4.2m loot not yet in our coffers - Delta govt
Thompson Nsisongabasi
May 27, 2021
Delta state government Wednesday said it has not received from the federal government the 4.2 million pounds loot of the former Governor James Ibori returned by the United Kingdom.
It said that although the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, had disclosed on Tuesday before the House of Representatives Committee on Recovered Assets in Abuja, that the funds had been released to the state, the money had not yet arrived in its coffers.
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The government, however, said in a statement by Mr Olisa Ifeajika, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Asaba, that it was in contact with the federal government, especially the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, on the issue.
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It expressed appreciation for the disposition of the federal government in releasing the funds to the state, and assured that it would acknowledge receipt of the funds when it arrives.
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The government also assured the federal government and Deltans that the funds would, in tandem with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa's administration's hallmark, be judiciously deployed especially in the completion of projects it had earlier intimated the Presidency about.
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