“The major consideration relating to who is entitled to a fraction or perhaps the money in its entirety is a function of law and international diplomacy,” the AGF said during his Tuesday appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
But the Accountant-General told the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee that recoveries are made by the Federal Government of Nigeria on behalf of states.
He claimed that any recovery arising from looted funds from a particular state would go directly to the states.
“It was paid to Delta State,” he said when asked where the money was diverted to. “So such recoveries go specifically to those states. Honourable Chairman, any recovery arising from the looted funds from a particular state goes to the state. The state governors will not even allow this to fly.”
He added: “Some recoveries are for some state governments, specific state governments. I know there was a time recovery was made on behalf of Plateau State, there was one for Bayelsa, there is one for Delta,” he said when asked where the money was diverted to.
“You know they will not. They will take the Federal Government to court for holding their money. So we don’t joke or play with that, we pay them their money.”