Jersey Island Attorney-General has said, the authority may not release $300 million Abacha looted funds in the country if a third party representation was brought into the negotiation.
The Minister disclosed this at the on going 7th Session of Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption holding in Vienna, Austria.
MacRae spoke at a side meeting with the Nigerian delegation, led by acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. He expressly stated that negotiations in respect of repatriation of the USD300 million, being part of the Abacha loot involving Jersey, Nigeria and the United States, “must be government to government cooperation.”