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Buba Galadima's Impossible Abacha Loot Logic-THREAD

Buba Galadima has been quoted as saying the $5 billion Sani Abacha stole from Nigeria's trough was actually "saved" for Nigeria--on the advice of Gaddafi and Sadam Hussein--in anticipation of US sanction against Nigeria so that
"even if Nigeria's account was blocked by the US, there won't be panic."😂This, of course, stands logic on its head, considering that Abacha "saved" some of that money in the US whose impending blockage he was allegedly plotting against. How do you "hide" something from someone
by "saving" it in his house? Of the $5 billion that Abacha looted and squirreled away --or "saved" for Nigeria, to use Galadimian logic-- in the banks of countries that wanted to "block" Nigeria's money, $3.624 billion has been recovered.
Can Galadima help Nigeria recover the rest of the money since he appears to know where the money has been "saved"?
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