President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sought the cooperation of the United Kingdom (UK) to extradite Nigerian fugitives.
He made the request during a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London.
Both leaders met on the sidelines of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020.
According to a statement by Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina, Buhari said the ongoing anti-corruption war in Nigeria, though slow but painstaking, needed the cooperation of the UK National Crime Agency.
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke and other Nigerians found a safe haven in the UK and other European countries after fleeing into exile after 2015 when the Buhari administration came on board.
In 2017, a Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Abdulazeez Anka, had ordered the final forfeiture of N7.6 billion alleged loot recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from Mrs Alison-Madueke.
Buhari also updated Johnson on the positive developments made by his administration in different areas of national endeavour.
