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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 5 Dec 2017

    Switzerland will return to Nigeria about $321m of government money looted by former military ruler Sani Abacha http://bbc.in/2Asr9FV pic.twitter.com/8vZS7tVrhX

    2:48 AM - 5 Dec 2017
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      2. IsaacSamuelKabunga‏ @SamIsaacKabunga 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Are they paying Nigeria interest too since they have been using/investing the funds this long?

        2 replies 8 retweets 14 likes
      3. Mugamba‏ @imugamba 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @SamIsaacKabunga @BBCAfrica

        They shd look into a Ugandan who banked our coffee export earnings on his personal savings account in Switzerland; not even his own wife could access it upon dying in a plane crush

        1 reply 5 retweets 5 likes
      4. Rodgers Prince‏ @RodgersPrince5 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @imugamba @SamIsaacKabunga @BBCAfrica

        Who was that Ugandan?

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      5. Mugamba‏ @imugamba 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @RodgersPrince5 @SamIsaacKabunga @BBCAfrica

        http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/04/world/ugandan-general-dies-in-air-crash.html …

        0 replies 3 retweets 6 likes
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      1. Adebayo Salami‏ @Le_Stylo 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Switzerland made this pledge in February 2015. The custodians of stolen state money are the biggest supporters of plunderers of African commonwealth.

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      2. Ben Ammi Kitson  🇱🇷‏ @BENAKITSON 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Wow!! Our past and present Leaders are the reasons Africa is underdeveloped. SMH

        1 reply 4 retweets 12 likes
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      1. May Rene Joseph‏ @MzMayRene 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Only to be looted by another politician! Its a vicious circle!!

        0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
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      1. No to any #Nextlevel  😐 😶‏ @UsoErastus 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        the problems is not with returning the money...the problem is who are u people returning the money to.. and why..as a gift to our politicians or what because they have been seeing money and our lives have been made more difficult...

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      1. Floki..‏ @Emeka_swit 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        And the money will disappear once it gets to Nigeria......next news please

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      1. ʀɛɗ pʀiɳcɛ ®‏ @M_cellinus 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If #Abacha's loot is still being recovered. I wonder when we will start that of #Obasanjo.... #IBB, #Abdulsalam, and finally come to #Buhari. That is long time from now. We are in trouble. There should be a #Ministry for #loot recovery.

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      2. Modou Marenah‏ @modoum 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @mashanubian

        No interest?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Kebba Marenah‏ @DrKebsun 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @modoum @BBCAfrica @mashanubian

        and only for it to go into someone else’s pocket

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Modou Marenah‏ @modoum 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @DrKebsun @BBCAfrica @mashanubian

        African leadership has been its anchor since independence.

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      5. End of conversation
      1. Davi syks‏ @davkanda 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I don't think its just millions,Mobutu stole billions but yet those banks said its millions,so they stealing also from the stolen money .

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      1. Stolen Dreams‏ @Mukoma59 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Can't this also be done for the money looted from Zimbabwe by Grace and her cronies?

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      1. Myke Ikyaator‏ @Erm_Eye 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        So it can be looted right back by the current thieves we have here

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      2. Sura Mbaya‏ @surambaya 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Does that include interest on that amount over the entire period? Also, what about the remain $679Mn of the billion that Abacha looted?

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Nya Mwalo‏ @AfriDevMama 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @surambaya @BBCAfrica

        It is in Cayman, Jersey Isle, Bahamas, and Panama.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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