Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his
prison terms in the United Kingdom and he is now a free man. Ibori
jailed 13 years in April 2012 by a Southwark Crown court in London was
released by prison authorities on 22 January. He was released from Her Majesty’s Long Lartin Prison in Worcestershire, outside of London, where he spent his prison term.
“He is out of here”, a prison source confirmed on Tuesday night EXCLUSIVE to TheNews.
We cannot however confirm if he is still cooling off in London or whether he has sneaked into his town of Oghara in Delta state.
We cannot however confirm if he is still cooling off in London or whether he has sneaked into his town of Oghara in Delta state.
Fifty-seven
year old Ibori was jailed for using UK financial institutions to
launder hundreds of millions of pound sterling he stole from public
funds in Delta State.
His journey to jail began with his arrest On 13 May 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates under Interpol arrest warrants, issued from United Kingdom courts and enacted by the Metropolitan Police
His journey to jail began with his arrest On 13 May 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates under Interpol arrest warrants, issued from United Kingdom courts and enacted by the Metropolitan Police
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