LEADING people’s lawyer, Mr Femi Falana isn’t happy the central government is trying to reap where it didn’t sow, by appropriating looted fund, recovered from former Delta State governor, James Ibori. On Sunday, in a lengthy OpEd, the senior advocate of Nigeria said, “It is on record that the Federal Government openly opposed the trial of Chief Ibori in the United Kingdom. “The request was to question Chief Ibori about his involvement in corruption and money laundering that occurred in UK.”Aondoakaa said: “I think Nigeria, as a sovereign nation, deserves some respect. I cannot compromise the sovereignty of this country, if they make incompetent requests, I will turn them down 20 times. But the Delta State Government never said that the over £100 million confiscated from Chief Ibori in the London trial did not belong to the people of Delta State.

Source: Nigerian Tribune March 15, 2021 07:41 UTC