FG clears the air on $321m Abacha Loot expected from Switzerland

News Express |11th Dec 2016 | 2,132

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Saturday night described as misleading, a report (not by News Express) which claimed that the Federal Government has agreed to pay a $79 million commission to the Swiss government as part of conditions for repatriation of the Abacha loot.

The Minister in a statement by her media aide Festus Akanbi clarified that the amount payable to Nigeria from Switzerland is $321 million, and is being returned to Nigeria for projects which are subject to verification by the World Bank. The recovery process is ongoing with the Swiss authorities and the World Bank has agreed to undertake the required verification.

She stated that there is no deduction of $79 million as suggested in the report which is both “misleading and inaccurate”. She assured that recovery will be made in full and that there is no commitment nor requirement to pay any commission.

“The Federal Government is committed to securing the return of all looted funds in their entirety and has never entered into any sharing arrangement as suggested in the report.”

The statement said that “intense efforts continue to secure all monies due to Nigeria including an additional $400 million of Abacha loot held up in US Courts on which the Attorney General of the Federation and the Ministry of Finance are engaging with their US counterparts to secure expeditiously.”

•Photo shows Kemi Adeosun.

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