Those who keep looted funds are also criminals – Dabiri-Erewa
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called for the unconditional return of Nigeria's looted funds.
According to her, those who keep such funds are as guilty as those who looted them.
She said this on Thursday at a media event organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption and her office, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.
Dabiri-Erewa decried the uncooperative attitude of the countries where the stolen funds were being stashed.
"The person who steals is a criminal; the person who keeps known stolen funds is also a criminal," she said.
"You can't give us aid of one billion dollars and keep one billion dollars of funds you have recovered from Nigeria."
She called on Nigerians in the Diaspora and friends of the country to demand that 'Nigeria's stolen fund recovered in any part of the world should be returned to Nigeria'.
Concerning the challenges being faced by the government in securing the return of looted funds, she said, "America has over $400m that have been officially recovered as stolen funds from Nigeria.
"But America is keeping the funds, they are telling us about technicalities; they are saying we recovered doesn't mean we can return."
She promised to work with the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruptions to ensure the funds are returned.
"We will join the committee to embark on an advocacy with Nigerians outside the world to appeal to these nations to do everything possible to return what belongs to Nigeria," she said.
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