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Delta Elders Forum, led by South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, opposed plans by the Federal Government to use the £4.2 million pounds taken from the state and seized by a former governor to complete roads and other infrastructure projects in other parts of the country when federal roads in the state are in dilapidated condition.
They also threatened to go to court should the Federal Government go ahead to appropriate the money.
The British government has promised to repatriate the money which the Federal Government specifically wants to spend on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Abuja-Kano Road and Second Niger Bridge.
Chief Clark, who spoke to Vanguard on phone, said the money belongs to Delta State government and not the Federal Government.
He said that Delta elders will take the Federal Government to court over the matter and asked the state government to follow suit, since it is the rightful owner of the money the British government was refunding.
It will be recalled that the Federal Government and the United Kingdom, yesterday, concluded
negotiations for the return of the sum of £4.2million recovered from a former governor and his associates.
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, had disclosed that the Federal Government has decided that the returned money would be channeled into three legacy projects — the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Abuja-Kano Road and the Second Niger Bridge.
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