The Delta State branch of the Committee for the Defence of Human Right, CDHR, has said the £4.2 million recovered loot of a former Governor, Onanefe James Ibori that was returned to Nigeria by the United Kingdom government belongs to the Delta State Government, stressing that the money must be returned and utilized for the benefits of Deltans.
The CDHR also said it is “uncalled-for” and “unconstitutional” for the Federal Government of Nigeria to hijack the money.
CDHR Chairman, Comrade Jonathan Giama made the assertion in a chat with DAILY POST in Warri.
He noted that it was Deltans that protested against the corrupt nature of the former governor as a result of the shares he bought with the defunct Oceanic Bank while he was in office.
The CDHR, Comrade Jonathan Giama said this during a chat with newsmen in Warri.
He said, “There were no elections in Igbudu Ward 9. There were no electoral materials. Nobody(electoral officers) on the ground for the election.”
While noting that the election held in other units, Comrade Giama said, “I just came back from there now”.
Comrade Giama claimed that the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC denied its members assess to monitor/observe the local government elections in the state.
He explained that the organization applied early to monitor the election but they were denied because they knew their reports wouldn’t be favourable and friendly to them.