{"id":100646,"date":"2022-10-24T20:55:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T19:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100646"},"modified":"2022-10-24T20:55:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T19:55:56","slug":"23m-abacha-loot-buhari-malami-sued-over-nigerias-agreement-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/23m-abacha-loot-buhari-malami-sued-over-nigerias-agreement-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"$23m Abacha loot: Buhari, Malami sued over Nigeria\u2019s agreement with US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over the agreement between Nigeria and the United States for the repatriated $23 million stolen by Sani Abacha.<\/div>\n
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\nAttorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) is a respondent in the suit.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the agreement signed in August followed the $311 million Abacha loot returned by America in 2020.<\/p>\n

In suit FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1700\/2022 filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is asking the court to direct the President and Malami to make the details public.<\/p>\n

The body wants to know the mechanisms put in place to ensure that the repatriated funds are not mismanaged, diverted or re-stolen.<\/p>\n

SERAP noted that the repatriated $23 million is vulnerable to mismanagement as a substantial part of the estimated $5 billion returned Abacha loot since 1999 remains unaccounted for.<\/p>\n

The suit filed by Kolawole Oluwadare and Atinuke Adejuyigbe relies on the Nigerian Constitution, the Freedom of Information Act, and the country\u2019s international obligations.<\/p>\n

The lawyers said Nigerians look forward to the court\u2019s favourable judgement as they are entitled to information about the use of public funds.<\/p>\n

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit which was instituted on Friday.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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