The United States of America has told their Nigerian counterparts that they will help the West African nation recover all the ill-gotten wealth stolen from Nigeria and now stored in the US.
The Nigerian presidency revealed this through a statement from Mr. Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu who revealed that the U.S will also help to train Nigerian judicial staff and prosecutors as part of efforts to tackle corruption in Nigeria. These pledges come after Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with United States Attorney-General, Loretta Lynch, on the subject of support for the war on corruption in Nigeria.
The statement also revealed that Nigeria and U.S has agreed the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty signed between the two countries in 1985 which came into effect in 2003 be given some teeth. “There will be collaboration. Each of the two countries will receive legal assistance from the other on criminal matters and that should cover the recovery of ill-gotten wealth. On extradition, we already have a treaty with U.S. By virtue of being a former British colonial territory,” the statement said.
“There is however the possibility that Nigeria might negotiate a new extradition treaty to meet our other requirements. The negotiation will be done under the auspices of a ‘reenergized’ U.S-Nigeria Bi-National Commission.”Buhar had yesterday met with the U.S President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden where he received assurance that the U.S will help Nigeria in rebuilding her economy.
Biden then told Buhari to make sure he appoints only seasoned technocrats to manage key sectors of the Nigerian economy.
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