Essential Ndubuisi
Accountant-General of the federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris has backtracked after President Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie countered his claim of £4.2m Ibori loot being returned to the Delta state Government.
On Wednesday May 26, barely 24 hours after the Accountant-General said the funds have been returned to Delta state to avoid litigation against the federal government, Lauretta Onochie countered it by saying it is yet to be returned to the South-South state as it will be against the terms and conditions on which the funds were repatriated.
Shortly after that, Henshaw Ogubike, spokesperson to the accountant-general issued a statement in which Idris was quoted saying the issue surrounding the loot had “not been properly resolved”.
It read;
“The money is still being awaited, after which the issues around it will be resolved before further action is taken.
“For now, no money has been returned to Delta state. This is the true position as regards the £4.2m Ibori loot. The issue of the £4.2m Ibori loot has not been properly resolved.
“The office of the accountant-general of the federation (OAGF) wishes to put the records straight regarding the widely circulated media report on the £4.2m Ibori loot.”
