DRAMA AS UK DENIES RETURNING EX GOV'S LOOT BACK TO NIGERIA

                   QUESTION NOW IS WHERE IS THE LOOT?

Ex Gov Dariye

In A Dramatic Twist The British Government Has Denied Ever Returning Any Loot Recovered From Joshua Dariye In 2006. From information available to us, £1.28 million of stolen assets have been returned to Nigeria since 2006 by United Kingdom. It is on record that His Excellency the then British High Commissioner, Mr. Bob Dewar

presented a series of cheques to His Excellency Foreign Minister Maduekwe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 23rd April2009. 

In a letter dated April 27 and signed by one Chris Moden, Africa Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London the UK Government replying  an FOI letter of Victory and Rose Associates letter dated April 23,2012 and signed by Osuagwu Ugochukwu Esq wrote in part: 

victory and Rose

Thank you for your email of 24 March 2012 asking for documents that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office(FCO) holds regarding a further $40 million of stolen assets being returned to Nigeria.

I am writing to confirm that we have now completed the search for the information which you requested and can confirm that the FCO does not hold any information relevant to your request. DFID, CPS or Treasury may old information relevant to your enquiry.

If you would like them to look into this further, please submit are quest direct to them. 

The question now is why has the British Government held on to the  £1.28  and £40 million of stolen assets?Where is the Money now?Does it also mean that the Ibori loot may not also be returned to Nigeria?

See below reply from UK Govt. 

victoryandroseabuja@yahoo.com

Africa Directorate

Foreign and Commonwealth

Office

King Charles Street

SW1A 2AH 

27 April 2012 

Dear Sir / Madam, 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST REF: 0362-12

Thank you for your email of 24 March 2012 asking for documents that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) holds regarding a further $40 million of stolen assets being returned to Nigeria. I am writing to confirm that we have now completed the search for the information which you requested and can confirm that the FCO does not hold any information relevant to your request. DFID, CPS or Treasury may hold information relevant

to your enquiry. If you would like them to look into this further, please submit a request direct to them.

I hope you are satisfied with this reply.  However, if you wish to make a complaint or if you would like a review of our decision, please write to the Information Rights Team at The Old Admiralty Building, Room SG 120, London, SW1A 2PA.  E-mail:   dp-foi.img@fco.gov.uk. You have 40 working days to do so from the date of this letter.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the FCO. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

We continually strive to improve our service, so we would welcome your feedback and comments.  If you would like to provide feedback on our service, please email our Information Rights Team, again at: dp-foi.img@fco.gov.uk

You can also find out more about the FCO and freedom of information issues at our Access to Information website:  www.fco.gov.uk/foi 

Yours sincerely, 

Chris Moden

Africa Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 

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