The Delta State government has denied receiving the recovered £4.2m Ibori loot as claimed by the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris.

Idris made the claim when he appeared before the House of Representatives’ ad-hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots, Movable and Immovable Assets By the  Federal Government.

The Chief Press Secretary to the state government, Olisa Ifejika, on Wednesday countered the Accountant General’s claim and said that  the state is yet to see the return of such recovered money reflect in its account.

Ifejika, while addressing journalists at the Government House in Asaba said:

“We appreciate the efforts of the Federal Government to return the recovered loot to Delta State where it rightly belongs. But the truth is that the money has not hit the Delta State government’s account.

“We saw it yesterday like every other Nigerian when the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris while appearing before the House of Reps Committee on Recovered Loot made that statement and there was this avalanche of enquires to know whether that money has come to us and the truth is that the money has not come.

“We are happy that they have shown willingness to return send the money and we know that very soon, the money will come.”

The loot which amounts to the sum of £4.2 million was seized from the associates of convicted former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori by the United Kingdom and recently returned to Nigeria.