The United States government has
reassured the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government that it
would return at least $350m of stolen money from Nigeria.
US Secretary of State, John Kerry, made
this pledge during the Anti-corruption Summit Plenary at Lancaster House
London, United Kingdom.
He said, “This money goes somewhere,
folks. When I read that tens of billions of dollars were stolen from
President (Muhammadu) Buhari’s country by generals and put into other
nations, some of it in our country – and we are now working to restore
$350 million back, and there’s more to be restored to the people.
“And every one of those million dollars
that comes back to a country is the opportunity to provide a desk and a
chair and school and shelter and health care and meet the needs of
nations. That is why we organise ourselves in the world around rule of
law and in an effort to try to provide for our citizens,”
According to him, criminal activity is a
destroyer of nation-states because it contributes to drug trafficking
and arms smuggling
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