The embattled former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, today entered a guilty plea before a Southwark Crown Court in London, over money laundering charges brought against him.
He pleaded guilty to 10-count charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption charges before Judge Anthony Pitts.
Ibori is entering trial with an accomplice called Preko, a Ghanaian national.
His other accomplices include his sister, Christine Ibie-Ibori; his associate, Udoamaka Okonkwo; and his wife, Theresa Nkoyo Ibori, who have already received sentences between five and eight years for aiding the former governor’s illicit activities during his two-term tenure of eight years.
The judge ordered that the remaining charges would “remain on file.”
Crown Prosecution Service lawyer, Sasha Wass, QC, said the prosecution does not seek to go ahead with Ibori’s trial anymore, adding: “Mr. Ibori has accepted the entirety of the prosecution’s case as it has always been set out.”
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