Since the United Kingdom committed to returning the £4.2 million loot recovered from James Ibori, former governor of Delta state, and his associates, there has been a lot of controversy around who the money rightly belongs to.
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had said the recovered loot will be used to fund three infrastructural projects — Lagos-Ibadan and Abuja-Kano expressways, as well as the second Niger bridge.
Although the Delta government had noted that the money ought to be returned to the state, the AGF had said the law which Ibori…