A US court in Jersey has ordered the return of $8.9 million that corrupt officials in Nigeria stole in 2014.
The BBC reported that the Attorney General of Jersey issued a notice to the Royal Court in Jersey in November to forfeit the money.
The court agreed that the money kept in a Jersey bank account should be returned to Nigeria. The money was part of a fake deal to buy weapons to fight the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has been terrorizing Nigeria since 2009.
The government of Jersey said that most of the money that was supposed to be used for legal arms purchases was diverted to foreign bank accounts linked to shell companies.
The Attorney General’s office also said that the money was stolen by members of the former ruling party in Nigeria and used for the 2015 elections.
Mark Temple KC, the Attorney General of the King, said that Jersey worked closely with Nigeria to recover the money for the Nigerian people.
He said, “This case shows again how the 2018 Forfeiture Law can help us get back the money from corruption and give it to the victims of crime.
“I plan to start talks with Nigeria to agree on how to return the money.”
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