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December 30, 2005
Nigeria questions Abacha official
Nigerian officials are questioning a leading member of former dictator Sani Abacha's military government.
Former Lagos Governor Mohamed Buba Marwa has been held for a week, in connection with his alleged possession of funds looted by Mr Abacha.
Correspondents say the allegations arose from Mr Marwa's time as Nigerian military attache in Washington.
Mr Abacha was in power from 1993 until he died in 1998 and is believed to have embezzled more than $2bn.
A spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) described the investigation as the first serious case undertaken by them regarding the missing Abacha money.
Mr Marwa had said he planned to run for president in Nigeria's 2007 elections.
Nigeria's government has received some cash back from Swiss bank accounts. Money has also been found in the UK, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Austria but the process of recovering the money is a painstaking one.
Posted by Publisher at December 30, 2005 12:59 PM
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