The Lagos-based multi-millionaire, Chief Peter Okocha, has said he will take over from the incumbent Governor of Delta state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan in 2015.
Browsing: James Ibori
He said: “In relation to individual prisoners, there has to be a good deal of discussion between our two countries about individual prisoners and the agreement of both countries to be secured before individual transfers
Babalakin is standing trial for allegedly transferring N4.7 billion on behalf of convicted former Delta State Governor, James Ibori
James Ibori, governor of the oil-producing state of Delta in southern Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, is serving a 13-year sentence in a British jail
The opulent mansion staffed by cooks, maids and chauffeurs was just one of a portfolio of properties across the world worth over $10 million that Ibori acquired while governor of oil-producing Delta State from 1999 to 2007
The hearing is to determine whether, after his release from jail in 2016, Ibori will still be wealthy enough to influence happenings in Nigeria
Waziri also said it was untrue that it was because Ibori recommended her for the position of the EFCC boss that she was unable to prosecute him for allegations bothering on corrupt practices
The $15m cash was said to have been offered as bribe by Ibori in 2007 to the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, to compromise on the probe of a fraud allegation against Ibori
Two justices of the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London, stated that the appeal lacked merit and thus dismissed it
In a 29 paragraph counter affidavit in opposition to the claimants affidavit, the EFCC through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, said that the said sum of $15 million was given as bribe by an undisclosed agent of James Ibori but neither the said James Ibori nor any other person ever admitted giving the said amount to the EFCC or to any person whatsoever