Nigeria is set to receive more than $9.5 million in A corruption case in Jersey has now moved from courtrooms to Nigeria’s road network.
First, Jersey will return $9.5 million traced to corruption to Nigeria.
From Seizure To Streets
This repatriation follows a Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and the Bailiwick of Jersey.
In December 2025, Jersey’s Attorney General, Mark Temple KC, signed the agreement.
Meanwhile, the British High Commission confirmed the development in a statement on Friday.
Courts Cooperation On Nigeria-Jersey Funds Repatriation
Next, Nigeria will use the funds to complete the Abuja–Kano Road project.
Importantly, the highway links Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, with Kano, its second-largest city.
Previously, Jersey authorities seized the funds after legal proceedings.
On November 29, 2023, Jersey’s Attorney General applied to confiscate assets held in a local bank account.
He acted under the Forfeiture of Assets Law 2018.
Subsequently, in January 2024, the Royal Court approved the forfeiture order.
The court determined that corruption likely generated the funds.
Specifically, the scheme diverted Nigerian government resources.
Furthermore, senior officials, associates and third-party contractors participated in the scheme.
Roads Funded By Recovered Assets
Afterwards, Mark Temple KC praised the strength of Jersey’s civil forfeiture laws.
He also thanked Nigerian authorities for cooperating throughout the process.
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In response, Nigeria’s Attorney General, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, welcomed the repatriation.
He described it as proof of effective international cooperation.
At the same time, he assured Jersey that Nigeria would use the funds responsibly.
Notably, the MoU builds on two earlier agreements between Jersey and Nigeria.
As a result, those agreements returned more than $300 million to Nigeria.
Nigeria used the recovered funds to finance major infrastructure projects.
These projects included the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge and Abuja–Kano Road.
According to the British High Commission, contractors have completed two of those projects.
Now, the new $9.5 million will support the Abuja–Kano Road’s completion.
The 375-kilometre highway plays a vital role in northern Nigeria’s transport and trade.
Meanwhile, Jersey operates as a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the English Channel.
It manages its own laws and finances, while the UK oversees defence and foreign relations.
However, officials did not name those involved in the corruption case.
Even so, Nigeria has recovered stolen assets from foreign jurisdictions before.
For example, in 2021, the UK returned £4.2 million linked to former governor James Ibori.
More recently, the US agreed to return $52.88 million tied to Diezani Alison-Madueke.
