A report has revealed official correspondences between the now-dissolved Special Presidential Investigation Panel, (SPIP), headed by Okoi Obono-Obla, and the United Kingdom (UK) from December 2018, have confirm the repatriation of $370 million, part of the loot linked to former Head of State, Sani Abacha, to Nigeria.
However, the report alleged that the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has not provided clear details regarding the $370 million Abacha loot repatriated from the UK in December 2018.
The report, which was published yesterday by an online news platform, reviewed correspondences that reveal that AGF Malami had instructed Obono-Obla to halt his involvement in the repatriation process. This directive remained effective until the SPIP was eventually dissolved by the Presidency.
According to the report, in December 2018, SPIP Chairman Obono-Obla wrote to the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), requesting the opening of a domiciliary account to facilitate the recovery of the $370 million from Jersey, UK.
The correspondence, which was titled: Request for permission to open a domiciliary bank account for recovery of $370 million from the Office of the Attorney-General of the States of Jersey, United Kingdom for onward remittance to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) of Our Panel, was addressed to the CBN Director, Banking and Payments System Department, on December 18, 2018, and was also copied to the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, (AGF).
