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We’ve protested to Buhari on Ibori loots, says Okowa
By Alao Abiodun
Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa said his government has written a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over loots recovered from former Governor James Ibori.
Okowa said this on Wednesday night when he featured on Channels Television programme Politics Today monitored by The Nation
The Nation had reported that the United Kingdom (UK) agreed to return £4.2 million (about N2.2 billion) to Nigeria being funds recovered from friends and associates of Ibori.
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The decision followed the Federal Government’s assurance that the funds would be spent on key infrastructure.
Okowa said: “On our part, I have spoken with the attorney-general of the federation. My attorney-general went to have a meeting with him. We are working, and we are likely to come on the same page. We have litten a formal letter of protest to Mr President.
“Ours is to convince the federal government to know that the money ought to return to Delta.”
Okowa noted that if the money cannot be sent to Delta, it should be spent on projects in the state.
