The government of Delta State on Wednesday reacted to the much-talked about release of the repatriated £4.2 million Ibori loot saying the money was yet to be credited to its account.
Recall that the accountant general of the federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, yesterday told the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 that the £4.2 million Ibori loot recently received from the UK had been given to Delta State.
“It has been paid to the state. It was paid to Delta state.
“I know there was a time recovery was made on behalf of Plateau State.
“There was one for Bayelsa. There was one for different states, even Delta. Such recoveries go specifically to those states,” he said.
Nevertheless, the government said in a statement by Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, chief press secretary to the governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa that it was in contact with the federal government, especially the office of the attorney general of the federation on the matter.
“The accountant general of the federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, had disclosed on Tuesday before the House of Representatives Committee on Recovered Assets, in Abuja, that the funds had been released to the state.
“The money has not arrived in our coffers.
“Delta government is in contact with the federal government, especially the office of the attorney general of the federation, on the issue.
“It expresses appreciation for the disposition of the Federal government in releasing the funds to the state, and assured that it would acknowledge receipt of the funds when it arrives.
“The government also assured the federal government and the people of Delta that the funds would, in tandem with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration’s hallmark, be judiciously deployed especially in the completion of projects it had earlier intimated the presidency about,” Ifeajika stated.
