Supreme Court Declares Final Judgement on Abacha Loot

The Supreme Court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Sani Abacha family seeking access to looted funds stashed in foreign bank accounts.

The late military head of state, General Sani Abacha, was reported to have looted and stashed funds in several foreign banks before his death on June 8, 1998.

General Sani Abacha was known as a harsh dictator. The court in its verdict on Friday, January 22, ruled that the case filed by Ali Abacha, the younger brother of the late head of state, lacked merit.