Buhari's anti-graft crusade facilitated Abacha loot return, says Onyeama

• Published date: 03 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

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Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has said the anti-corruption drive of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration was a key facilitator for the return of the Abacha loot and other stolen national assets.

Onyeama spoke during the 22nd edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard while presenting the achievements of the Foreign Ministry in the past seven years yesterday in Abuja.

The minister noted that the global community sees Nigeria as a country led by a leader that has impeccable integrity locally and internationally.

'Nigeria was able to leverage Mr. President's anti-corruption stance to start to repatriate a lot of loot that was stolen out of this country and in a huge amount; about 2 billion in record pound sterling of Nigeria's looted assets starched in foreign countries, and we started to get these back.

'Again, I would say thanks to clearly one very robust...