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Wednesday, 11 May 2016

President Buhari: I'm more interested in the return of stolen assets held in British banks.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says he is not demanding "any apology from anybody" after UK Prime Minister David Cameron labelled his country "fantastically corrupt".

Speaking at an anti-corruption event in London, Mr Buhari said he was more interested in the return of stolen assets held in British banks. Mr Cameron made the unguarded comments in a conversation with the Queen. He is hosting an international anti-corruption summit on Thursday.

Nigeria's billions
  • Missing money ($bn)
  • Government spending ($bn)




President Buhari also commented on how the corrupt practices under the previous government had crippled the Nigerian economy. He said; "Nigerian crude oil is being stolen on an industrial scale and exported, with the proceeds laundered through world financial centres by transnational organised criminals,"

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