Ibori loot not yet in our account – Delta

 

The Delta Government on Wednesday said it was yet to receive the £4.2 million recovered from former governor, James Ibori, and returned to Nigeria by the United Kingdom government.

RELIABLESOURCENG.COM had reported Tuesday that the looted fund had been paid to Delta State, following a submission to a committee of the House of Representatives by the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, to that effect.

But the Delta government in a statement issued Wednesday in Asaba, by Mr Olisa Ifeajika, Chief Press Secretary to Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, said the Ibori loot had not hit her account.

“The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr 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 has not arrived in our coffers.

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“Delta government is in contact with the Federal Government, especially the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, on the issue.

“It expresses 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.

“The government also assured the Federal Government and the people of Delta that the funds would, in tandem with Goernor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration’s hallmark, be judiciously deployed especially in the completion of projects it had earlier intimated the Presidency about,” Ifeajika said.