I Need Our Assets Not Cameron’s Apology – Buhari
The President made the statement on Wednesday during a question and answer session with reporters after delivering a keynote address on “Why We Must Tackle Corruption Together” at a pre-summit conference of development partners, the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, Transparency International and other civil society groups.
President Buhari said that Britain should be prepared to hand over to Nigeria assets left by former government officials, as he had nothing to do with apologies. He maintained that what was uppermost in his mind was the return of assets and funds stacked away in Britain and other countries back to Nigeria. “I am not going to demand an apology from anybody.
All I will demand is the return of assets.“I have already mentioned how Britain really led and how disgraceful one of the Nigerian executives was, he had to dress like a woman to leave Britain and leave behind his bank account and fixed assets, which Britain is prepared to handover to us.
“This is what I am asking for, what will I do with apology; I need something tangible,” he said.
Mr Cameron was caught on camera telling the Queen that the UK would be greeting leaders of some ‘fantastically corrupt’ nations on Thursday and citing Nigeria and Afghanistan as one of those countries.
The Anti-corruption Summit that will begin in the UK on Thursday is expected to come up with a declaration that will make it faster to repatriate all stolen funds back to their countries of origin.
The Acting High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom, Mr Simon Orga, said the declaration would remove all obstacles and bottlenecks that had impeded the repatriation of such funds.
Agreement will also be reached on the repatriation or extradition of persons that had looted their nation’s funds to ensure they faced trial.
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