Delta Elders Reject FG’s Plan To Spend £4.2m Ibori Loot

The Delta Elders Forum (DEF) led by former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, opposed the plan of the Federal Government to use the £4.2million pinched from the state by a previous leader, Chief James Ibori, which the British Government is refunding, to complete roads in other parts of the country, whereas federal roads in Delta State have all dilapidated.
Clark, who spoke to newsmen, in Abuja, said the money belongs to the Delta State Government and not the Federal Government, so, it should not appropriate the money.
The elder statesman indicated that Delta elders would take the Federal Government to court over the matter and asked the state government to follow suit, as it was the rightful owner.
“It was announced in one of the television stations that the British government has decided to return to the Federal Government the sum of £4.2million stolen from Delta State Government in the former governor.
“The Federal Government wants to use the money for the completion of Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road and the 2nd Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State
“I was shocked because the money does not belong to the Federal Government as was the case of General Sani Abacha, which money was paid to the Federal Government by the American government and it was used by the Federal Government because it is their own money taken from the Central Bank of Nigeria.”