By Kenneth Onuoha
365Daily – Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has disclosed that the £4.2m seized from the state’s former governor, Mr James Ibori, has not been received by the state.
The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, had informed the House of Representatives in a hearing on Tuesday, that the British Government had returned the funds to the Nigerian government, which forwarded it to the Delta State government.
Okowa,who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, said while reacting to claims by Idris, that though the government was aware of Mr. Idris’s claim, the money had not hit the state’s account.
He assured that the state government was in contact with the Federal Government, especially the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, on the issue.
The statement partly reads, “It expressed 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 Deltans 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.”