Friday, November 7, 2014

UK Government To Return Ex-Delta Governor James Ibori’s £6.8m Loot Back To Nigeria

The UK has agreed to return an additional£6.8mto Nigeria from the money seized from jailedex-Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori. This was revealed byUK Metropolitan PoliceSenior Investigator,Mr. Rupert Broad, yesterday November 4th in London according to a report byNAN. Out of the £8 million confiscated fromIbori, £1.2 millionhad so far been returned to Nigeria. There are reports that an additional £80 million has been temporarily seized and a confiscation hearing has been fixed for April 2015 before the judge decides exactly how much was stolen out of the £80 million and then return it to Nigeria Iboriwho is still serving a jail term, was sentenced by the British Southcrown Court in April 2012 for 13 years after being convicted for fraud and money laundering.

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