Supreme Court dismisses Abacha’s family appeal seeking access to looted funds

Supreme Court dismisses Abacha’s family appeal seeking access to looted funds

A lawsuit filed by the Sani Abacha family seeking access to the looted funds which they and the late Nigerian head of state stashed in foreign bank accounts has been dismissed by the Supreme court.

A five-man panel led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta dismissed the case for lacking in merit. In the lead judgment prepared by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the Supreme court panel held that Mr Ali Abacha’s case was not different from that of his brother, Abba Mohammed Sani, which was also dismissed by the apex court on February 7, 2020.