A Royal Court in Jersey, United States, ordered the return of looted funds totaling $8.9 million to Nigeria.
Government officials diverted the funds that were earmarked for the purchase of arms for the military to prosecute the fight against Boko Haram insurgents during ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2014.
Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration prosecuted former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, and several politicians including the former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, over the funds’ diversion between 2015 and 2018.
