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Jersey Island gives conditions for return of $300m Abacha loot
 
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Tue, 7 Nov 2017   ||   Nigeria,
 

The government of Jersey Island insists that the Abacha loot would not be released to Nigeria if a third party representation is brought into the picture.

According to sources, The Attorney General of Jersey Island, Robert J. MacRae QC disclosed this on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 during the on-going 7th Session of Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, holding in Vienna, Austria.

MacRae who made this known at a side meeting with the  Nigeria delegation led by acting Chairman  of the Economic  and  Financial  Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim  Magu.

He stated that negotiations in respect of repatriation of the USD300 million being part of the Abacha involving Jersy, Nigeria and the United States, "must be government to government cooperation".

The EFCC was accompanied to the meeting by four members of the Nigeria delegation.

DAILYTRUST

 

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