Nigeria: Abacha Loot - Switzerland Continues Case Against Son

10 May 2010

Lagos — Abba Abacha, one of the sons of former Head of State, Late Gen. Sani Abacha, is billed to appear before a court in Geneva, Switzerland, today to defend an earlier appeal against his conviction of plundering state resources and involvement in criminal organisations.

This is in connection with the $2.2 billion Abacha believed to have been siphoned from Nigerian coffers from 1993 to 1998. He died in power.

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