Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has advised the Federal Government to remit the expected looted funds by James Ibori to Delta State.
According to him, the fund belongs to Delta State since it was stolen from the government.
Falana’s comment came after the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubarkar Malami, said the funds would be used to execute some Federal Government projects.
But Falana cited an example of how recovered funds stolen from the Bayelsa State government years ago were returned to the state government.
Falana added that the same thing happened in the case of Joshua Dariye, a former Governor of Plateau State, who was convicted for diverting state funds.
“The £4.2m does not belong to the Federal Government. The money confiscated from Governor Joshua Dariye in the United Kingdom was recovered by the Federal Government, repatriated to Nigeria and returned to the Plateau State Government”, Falana said.