Federal Republic of Nigeria -v- Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) & Others

Misappropriated money

The team is instructed by Mohammed Abacha, the son of Genral Sani Abacha, the former Head of State of Nigeria; in a $2.2billion claim brought by the Federal Republic of Nigeria to recover money allegedly misappropriated during the General's rule. The action in London is part of a worldwide claim by FRN involving civil and criminal proceedings in Nigeria and several European jurisdictions.

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