The Beechcraft 1900D airplane belonging to Former Governor James Ibori said to have crashed since March 15 with all the occupants allegedly dead may have been flown out of Nigeria with cash running into several millions of Dollars and documents belonging to the former Governor.

Ibori’s worldwide assets said to worth about $35 Million alleged to have been stolen from Delta State coffers was frozen by the crown court in London. He is also being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for abuse of office and embezzlement in Nigeria.

Sources told Pointblanknews.com on the eve of the plane alleged disappearance that the former Governor had treacherously arranged with some high level Aviation Authorities to fly the aircraft across Nigeria with several millions of Dollars and some documents. The aircraft according to the sources might have been flown to Sierra Leone.

Documents reportedly carried by the alleged “missing aircraft” according to sources includes those of the former Governors properties in: 76 Woodhill Crescent, Kenton, Harrow Middlesex HA3 0LZ, 42 Great Ground, Shaftbury, Dorset SP7 8FF, purchased for £298,995 Flat 23, 20 Abbey Road, purchased with an initial deposit of £157,000, London NW8 9BJ, 7 Westover Hill, London HA3 0LZ with title number MX 207021, documents relating to the several companies and shares purchased by the former Governor and several Millions of Dollars said to have been withdrawn from a Nigerian based bank. The documents and several others where those that would have nailed the former Governor in his trail.

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Sources hinted that the move was to forestall and frustrate the prosecution of the former Governor who is said to have used his connection with President Musa Yar’Adua to secure his bail from the Kaduna Prison in February.

The sudden disappearance of the aircraft exposed the inadequacies of the Nigerian Aviation system as calls heightened for foreign experts to help in the search of missing plane alleged to have crashed. The Federal Bureau of investigation, FBI and British Investigators were tipped to help in the search.

However, with fears that the FBI and British Investigators involvement might unravel the where about of the “crashed plane” some Nigerian security officials confirmed to pointblanknews.com that the “missing aircraft” was after all not missing. A security source said “It might have been flown to Sierra Leone or somewhere close.”

The source continued: “We have been made fools for many weeks now and I think it is high time we began to look at it from another angle. I can confirm to you that the plane is somewhere in one of the African countries.”

Officials from the United Kingdom invited by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to help recover the airplane had warned that they cannot perform any magic or go further than NEMA had while Search and Rescue experts from the United States were still studying the situation before making a decision on whether or not to join in the search.

The Beechcraft 1900 with three crew members on board got missing on March 15 2008. It was declared missing hours after it should have landed at Obudu, Cross River State. The aircraft belonging to Wings Aviation took off at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at about 7.30am. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-JAH, was supposed to get to Obudu. The whereabouts is still unknown.

The pilot of the plane, Captain Augustine Egbedi, his co-pilot, Captain Tanko and another occupant said to be Miss Tuberata A., were all declared dead.

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a la naija

vikiviko:

The pilot of the plane, Captain Augustine Egbedi, his co-pilot, Captain Tanko and another occupant said to be Miss Tuberata A., were all declared dead.

Praise The Lord, for I say verily unto thee that Ibori's flight crew have arisen from the dead, and are indeed     [size=14pt]BORN AGAIN[/size].

Oh yes He does, y'all.   The Good Lord works in mysterious ways, making possible such wondrous miracles as this now fabled Ibori Triangle, within whose boundaries cash and aircraft vanish without a trace.

"Behold, Brethren in the Lord."   Apostle Ibori spoketh upon his disciples,   " Feareth not ye the torments and tribulations of criminal indictment, ridicule and prison time, for like The Phoenix Beechcraft Bird,  thou shalt riseth from the ashes of adversity, and soar skyward in triumph, upon release from Ye Pokey, to uncover and squander thine hidden treasures. "