The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, has denied the allegations that two billion naira was paid to his office from the recovered funds.
Malami made the denial in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations on Thursday in Abuja.
He said that neither himself as a person nor him as the Attorney General of the Federation, has in any way received any funds from the recovered assets.
According to him, ‘prior to the repatriation of all the recovered assets, Nigeria and relevant nations had signed memorandums of understanding as to what the monies will be used for and the government has been working in compliance with all the provisions of the multi-national agreements reached.
“It was on the basis of the application of the said funds in line with the agreements that Nigeria earned the reputation among the international committee of nations that translated into further recoveries”.
Malami said the Federal Government has a designated account at the Central Bank of Nigeria for all recovered assets.
He, therefore, challenged any person with evidence of such payments to either him or his office to come out publicly with proofs.
