It was learnt that Ibori, who was 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 Prison in Bedford, outside of London, where he finished his prison term. He was also initially at the Long Lartin Prison in Worcestershire.
A prison source at Bedford confirmed on Tuesday night that “he is out of here”.
The NEWS sources said Ibori was re-arrested to face another charge, which borders on the confiscation of his ill-gotten assets, estimated to be about 250 Million Pounds. The case initially billed for May, will now come up in June, sources said. He's now being held in a new prison.
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.
He had earlier made a mockery of Nigeria’s legal system, walking away free from the multi-billion fraud charge levelled against him by the EFCC, including the $15m bribe he "offered" Nuhu Ribadu.
Also jailed with James Ibori, apart from his sister and mistress, were his wife, Theresa Nkoyo Ibori, his lawyer, Bhadresh Gohil and his financial advisors, Daniel McCann and Lambertus De Boer.
He was the Governor of Delta state from 1999 and held forte for eight years, milking the state dry.
This is seriuos
ReplyDeletenawao from fire to fire.he will spend all his life inside prison. nenyekutes@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteHahahah double for his trouble, wen dey release him dis one he will now come and face another one here in Nigeria, chai is not good to steal ooo, how I wish dis is how other politician wu stole billions are been treated then in their life dey will never steal public funds again.... GoodLuck to him
ReplyDeleteNow he must have seen that khaki no be leather, he must purge all the loots .
ReplyDeleteWhat is Ibori getting released for? Is it time yet? I don't get
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Hmmm, him crime plenty
ReplyDeleteOlu famous second wife
The painful thing is that all that money has been lost to the British govt. This is how our leaders constantly loot our wealth and end up 'dashing' it to the western world for their own development.
ReplyDeleteWhenever a corrupt politician dies,billions that they stashed abroad will never fully return,thus becoming excess liquidity for their financial institutions to develop their own economies.
He should face it, it's his call..inumidun
ReplyDeleteWell let him stay back and finsh what he started
ReplyDeleteDats it! If he was in Naija, dey would av just given him 1yr imprisonment and he would av been free to enjoy his loots.
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#Olu,can you see?
They should still hold him down..Ibori the theiving governor since 1800bc..
ReplyDeleteVery strange, Nigerians should learn from UK
ReplyDeleteThat's good for him. This will always be the outcome for our country looters
ReplyDeleteHe should face all his crime
ReplyDeleteThis should serve to deter other from public theft,Ibori would be old if he sentenced again for the second time,before you know,the grave would crave for its own part
ReplyDeleteWe dey wait for you Ibori, but I hope you nor wo due 'am again.
ReplyDeleteLol, strong man, to see how fucked nigeria is, the EFCC former oga got bribed , made mockery of legal syst. Hmmm i laff in urhobo
ReplyDeleteI don't gerrit. If he was given a 13 year jail terminal n 2012, how come he was released? Was he pardoned? Well, since he has been arrested, issorai.
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Well done... He need to be punish
ReplyDeleteJames James it's time to face another music!!!
ReplyDeleteJames face the music o
ReplyDeleteGood! He must face the consequences of his actions
ReplyDeleteHe seems to be saying in that picture, "wow, how time flies!" Well sorry man, you may just been heading back into the jail if found guilty of the fresh charges!
ReplyDeleteDey shd jst sum up his case and sum up his prison term instead
ReplyDeleteI like this news! When he don go round the whole prisons for UK, abeg, make unah helep us import am to Naija, make he come start him retirement term for kirikiri maximum prison. He even dey enjoy self. Imagine! Her Majesty's prison!
ReplyDeleteBroda james dere is no way 2 escape u most face d music no matter wat ... Jus imaging d money dis guy carry wen d poor pple ar here
ReplyDeleteGod go catch all of them and they wont go free
ReplyDeleteDouble wahala
ReplyDeleteI know he will receive sense by now
ReplyDeletevery sure
pmb go stil carry even if e go nigeria..
ReplyDeleteFrom one issue to another. Everyday for the thief, one day for the owner
ReplyDeleteIt's his music, he must dance to it.
ReplyDeletethis one is a serious case.
ReplyDeleteenyah, they should have not released him.
ReplyDeletethat's very cool he should be there until he vomits all the money he looted, that will serve as a deterrent to every Nigerians who thinks when called upon for a post is not to come and work but to loot the treasury.
ReplyDeleteFace it sequely
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