Nigeria: Reps' Panel to Meet Obasanjo, Jonathan, Buhari On Abacha Loot

An eleven-member ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives is billed to meet with former President Olusegun Obasanjo to ascertain the actual monies so far recovered from various foreign accounts traceable to the former military ruler, the late Gen. Sani Abacha.The panel, to be led by Mr. Abdulmumini Jibrin, will also meet with the former President Goodluck Jonathan and the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari on the fact-finding mission.

Spokesperson of the House, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, who spoke with The Guardian, said the Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and her counterpart in the Justice Ministry and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had been asked to appear before the committee this week.The probe is to determine how the recovered monies were utilised, establish the agreement signed by the Federal Government on the issue and ascertain whether such agreement was in line with due process.

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