Nigeria Recovers Millions Held By Ex-Dictator Abacha.(fortune controlled by late dictator Sani Abacha)(Brief Article)

From: Jet | Date: March 29, 1999 | Copyright information

Half a billion dollars retrieved from the family of Nigeria's late dictator Gen. Sani Abacha will be deposited in the nation's foreign exchange reserves, the government said.

A remaining $237 million plus an additional $100 million recovered from various government officials will be distributed to state and local governments or used for top-priority national projects, said Rear Adm. Mike Akhigbe, the ruling junta's No. 2 official.

The bulk of the cash was earm...

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