The United States, has returned $954,000 looted by former Bayelsa State governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, to the state.
US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard made this known at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja.
According to her, the said funds were returned to the state.
Leonard said that from 1999 until his impeachment in 2005, the former governor’s official wage during his time working for the government did not correspond to the stated sum.
“However, during that time, he accumulated millions of dollars through abuse of office, money laundering,” she said.
Alamieyeseigha died in October 2015 at the age of 62.
