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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday that he did not want an apology from Prime Minister David Cameron for calling his country “fantastically corruptâ€, but said Britain could return assets stolen by officials who fled to London.
“I am not going to demand any apology from anybody. What I am demanding is the return of the assets,†Buhari told an anti-corruption event hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
“This is what I’m asking for. What would I do with an apology?†he said to cheers from many civil society organisations and Nigeria delegates in the audience.
The British prime minister is hosting a major anti-corruption summit in London on Thursday, which Buhari is attending alongside Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
But in a diplomatic gaffe, Cameron was caught on camera on Tuesday saying that the leaders of some “fantastically corrupt†countries were attending.