The widow of a former military head of state, Sani Abacha, Maryam, has berated Nigerians for believing that subsequent administrations recovered monies stashed by her husband abroad.
Papers News recalls that the federal government had announced the recovery of tranches of money reportedly stashed by Abacha in foreign banks.
As of 2020, over $3.624 billion of the Abacha loot had been recovered. Similarly in May 2022, the United Kingdom said it recovered $23 million taken out of Nigeria illegally by Abacha’s associates and family.
