''BUHARI TO UN: TELL WESTERN NATIONS TO RETURN LOOT''
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the United Nations to put pressure on western countries to return Nigeria’s looted funds kept in their banks.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, President Buhari said this while speaking at the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development.
The statement quoted the President as saying that when developing nations were deprived of such funds, it would become difficult for them to attain sustainable development.
The President therefore called on the UN to “remain vocal and active in addressing the negative impact of non-repatriation of illicit financial assets on their countries of origin,” adding that “as soon as stolen assets are legally established, they should swiftly be repatriated."
