Nigeria: Britain returns US $1.8 million seized from former governor

Britain has returned the equivalent of US $1.8 million seized from a former Nigerian state governor, the first time it has returned funds illegally stashed away in a foreign account by a political office holder. The money which was seized from the London home of former Bayelsa state governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was returned to the Nigerian diplomatic mission in Britain, said a statement by London Metropolitan Police.