The Federal Government on Tuesday said there is no controversy
surrounding the recovered US$322,515,931.83 late General Sani
Abacha loots.
Minister for Finance, Kemi Adeosun refuted the flawed media
reports of controversy surrounding the Abacha recovery, disclosing
that the sum of US$322,515,931.83 was received into a Special
Account in the Central Bank of Nigeria on December 18, 2017 from
the Swiss Government.
“For the avoidance of doubt, there is no controversy concerning
the recovery of the Abacha monies from the Swiss Government,”
Adeosun said in a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Media
& Communications, Oluyinka Akintunde.
The minister said her attention had been drawn to false media
reports of a “strongly-worded letter to the President” objecting to
the payment of $16.9 million fees to two lawyers for the recovery
of Abacha funds.
Adeosun dissociated herself and the Federal Ministry of Finance
from recent malicious and misleading media reports on the Abacha
refunds.
“I have at no time written any letter to the President or any
member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the payment of
lawyers for the Abacha recovery,” she said.
The Federal Government on Tuesday said there is no controversy
surrounding the recovered US$322,515,931.83 late General Sani
Abacha loots.
Minister for Finance, Kemi Adeosun refuted the flawed media
reports of controversy surrounding the Abacha recovery, disclosing
that the sum of US$322,515,931.83 was received into a Special
Account in the Central Bank of Nigeria on December 18, 2017 from
the Swiss Government.
“For the avoidance of doubt, there is no controversy concerning
the recovery of the Abacha monies from the Swiss Government,”
Adeosun said in a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Media
& Communications, Oluyinka Akintunde.
The minister said her attention had been drawn to false media
reports of a “strongly-worded letter to the President” objecting to
the payment of $16.9 million fees to two lawyers for the recovery
of Abacha funds.
Adeosun dissociated herself and the Federal Ministry of Finance
from recent malicious and misleading media reports on the Abacha
refunds.
“I have at no time written any letter to the President or any
member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the payment of
lawyers for the Abacha recovery,” she said.
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