The British government has expressed its willingness to return another £40 million stolen funds recovered from some Nigerian government officials.
This is in addition to the £150,000 cheque handed over to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, last Wednesday.
The money would be made available after the judicial process in the UK in accordance with its law and with the cooperation of the Attorney General's office.
The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Mr Alderman Lewis, made the disclosure at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja, on the outcome of his three-day working visit to Nigeria.
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The London mayor, who said the country's greatest challenge was corruption, urged the Federal government to intensify effort at fighting the phenomenon.
He however commended Nigeria's anti-graft war for yielding positive results.
Lewis said the UK would continue to assist Nigeria in fighting corruption, adding that the looted monies, which are still in custody of the British government would be returned to the Federal Government unconditionally.
He advised the Federal Government to concentrate on the rule of law, security and provide adequate infrastructure for its citizens.
The Acting British High Commissioner to Nigeria, James Tansley, had on September 27, 2007 handed over two cheques totalling more than $250,000 (£126,000, 29.3m naira).
The UK Metropolitan Police had said that the amount was only a fraction of the fortune that the former governor of Plateau State, Chief Joshua Dariye and other Nigerian officials had diverted to London.
A Metropolitan police spokeswoman, Helen Kennedy, had told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News website "the two cheques now returned to Nigeria are just the cash seized from Dariye on his arrest".
A cheque for $2 million belonging to former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, was also returned to Nigeria by the British government.
Dariye was on September 2, 2004 arrested in a hotel in London by the London Metropolitan Police over allegations of money laundering and illegal transfer of funds.
But after his arrest, Dariye was released on bail and was to keep appointment with the London police.
But he returned to Nigeria and has refused to make himself available for further interrogation by the London police.
Alamieyeseigha was also on September 15, 2005 arrested in London, UK by the Metropolitan Police on allegation of money laundering.
His arrest had been connected to an earlier interrogation of a lady who was said to have tried to transfer a huge sum of money believed to be between £10 million to £20 million from an account with the HSBC, a prominent bank in London.
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