Written question asked by Baroness Williams of Crosby (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 November 2003. It was answered by Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Labour) on Thursday, 13 November 2003.

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Scotland of Asthal, Baroness

Question

On what grounds they object to providing the Government of Nigeria with the material it has requested to enable it to recover state funds taken out of the country by relatives of the last dictator, General Sani Abacha; and why they consider that a Nigerian court ruling barring further investigations into the money taken out of Nigerian state funds by the Abacha family requires clarification, when courts in Switzerland, Luzembourg, Liechtenstein, Jersey and Great Britain have already ruled that the judge concerned lacks competence in the case. [HL 5246;HL 5247].

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

654 c217WA; HL 5246;HL 5247

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Disclosure of information Criminal investigation Evidence Judgements Proceeds of crime Relatives Nigeria Abacha, Sani