The United States says there is a separate $ 319m Abacha loot in the United Kingdom and France. This is coming barely a week after helping Nigeria to repatriate $311m stolen by the late Head of State, Gen . Sani Abacha.
The US Embassy in Nigeria said in a statement on Wednesday that there is $167m in stolen assets in France while there is a separate $152m in the UK which is being challenged in court.
The statement read in part “The funds returned last week are distinct and separate from an additional $ 167m in stolen assets also forfeited in the United Kingdom and France, as well as $ 152m still in active litigation in the United Kingdom.”