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James Onanefe Ibori, former Delta State governor, has expressed sadness over the confiscation of over £100 million from him.

A judge in London on Friday ordered the confiscation of 101.5 million pounds ($130.34 million) from the former governor who was convicted of fraud and money laundering in London in 2012.

Judge David Tomlinson of Southwark Crown Court said Ibori should pay the sum immediately or face an eight-year jail sentence.

Responding, Ibori, who claimed that he and those close to him were being persecuted, vowed to challenge the order.

“Albert Einstein is quoted as saying that the “definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”.”

“If that is true then I must be going mad because in over a decade since the British Courts have been persecuting myself and those close to me – I kept believing that justice and fairness would eventually triumph.


“In hearing after hearing through the years, despite some of the most logic defying rulings against me- I still believed. Despite clear evidence of police corruption against the main officer in my case (evidence so strong that it caused the lead prosecutor to resign from my case) I still believed. Despite a clear victory in my 2013 Confiscation hearing which left the Judge unable to make an order against me, only to have him rule that the prosecution should start the trial afresh some years later – I still believed.

“However, today’s ruling from Judge Tomlinson is difficult to comprehend and even harder to accept. I have to move past the fact that the British Courts found themselves competent to sit in Judgment over contracts awarded in Delta State for contracts that were legitimately awarded and completed. I have come to accept my fate despite the inability of the British prosecutors to show any evidence whatsoever of monies defrauded or indeed missing from Delta State.

“Since 2005 the British Prosecutors have investigated my assets worldwide, they have had a restraint order in place on most of those assets and they are well aware that the total monetary value of those assets is nowhere close to the sums that were the subject of today’s Order. Not withstanding the fact that many of the assets are not and have never been owned by me – it seems that if you are my friend and you allowed me to spend some holiday time in your house, then by this order I now own your home and must ask you to sell it to satisfy the Order.


“The Order made today was to be paid immediately, this was made in the full knowledge that it could take many months to actually realise the sale of many of these assets. There is an 8 year default sentence, which means that if I do not co-operate and pay nothing at all, then the prosecution can apply for the imposition of the default sentence. However as the prosecution already has a Restraint Order over the assets – the situation of my not co-operating or paying will not arise.

“However, an issue arises if my Restrained Assets are sold, and the total realised from the sale does not equal the amount in the Order, then the Prosecution can still apply for part of the default sentence to be applied, but they could only ask for a sliding scale reduction of the 8 years default sentence based on the amounts that remain outstanding. If such an application were to be made it would be vigorously contested. In the normal course of events any talk of a default sentence would normally be stayed until any outstanding Appeal has been concluded,” he said in a statement.

Ibori added that the judge appeared to have cast aside any pretence of impartiality, while making the order, which he described as both “wholly unrealistic and unrealisable”.


“He has completely disregarded any arguments, evidence or expert witnesses in my favour. It was apparent during these last 2 days that he has forgotten many of the important elements of the case which is unsurprising as it almost 2 years since the case concluded. It has taken him 2 years to write this Judgment and in the interim he has presided over hundreds of cases, but I refuse to make excuses for him.”


“At this point in time words fail me and so the question for me as I take my case to the Court of Appeal, is, if I continue to believe that I may finally get some Justice is this the definition of madness? I know one thing for sure, that if I do not go to the Court of Appeal to contest this outrageous Order then my people will definitely say that I am a madman!”

https://dailytrust.com/words-fail-me-ibori-opens-up-on-conviction-seizure-of-fresh-101-5m-lists-next-steps/

Don't worry sir,.. As a member of the renowned thieves of Class of 1999, you have the opportunity to steal again under Tinubu's administration

What's this man defending?
Stealing?
Abi him think say na EFCC doings...
Ibori stole so much...
The civilian Abacha!

Lavishly spending and dashing out wads of pounds sterling on the streets in broad daylight!

These people are still very angry with you.


Do you know the damage you would have done to their society through your opulent lavishness?

That's why they proactively swung into action to prevent the damage by swiftly arresting you.

Not like Nigeria where people will be abusing naira notes in parties and clubs in so doing contributing to the high rate of inflation

Oga you’re a common petty thief
I just hope the money is returned to deltans in the form of direct projects so it’s no restolen again

Awon oloshi eeyan.

How is this man still walking freely?

Thieves like I originally and Tinubu can only be convicted outside Nigeria. This tells a lot about our judiciary and judicial system.
This is the more reason we need a total overhaul and change in our system

Our politicians no get single shame for eye.

Sir! The truth is, you are not a mad man but a petty thief turn big thief.

Oloriburuku Ole!

Shameless criminal. He must have thought this is the usual Nigerian court with corrupt judges who he can bribe anyhow.

What you should be fighting to clear is how you legitimately own the money! Bunch of thieves with lots of wealth with no enterprise! The crooked people you influenced with lots of pounds were quickly identified and dismissed. Europe is not Africa, once you are caught, you are done for!

How did you so quickly made 130M USD? What companies did you have, what product or Services were you offering individuals, businesses or Govt? Which country did you make it, please let's see the financial statements of your companies, etc...... Ndi na my money!

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James Onanefe Ibori, former Delta State governor, has expressed sadness over the confiscation of over £100 million from him.

A judge in London on Friday ordered the confiscation of 101.5 million pounds ($130.34 million) from the former governor who was convicted of fraud and money laundering in London in 2012.

Judge David Tomlinson of Southwark Crown Court said Ibori should pay the sum immediately or face an eight-year jail sentence.

Responding, Ibori, who claimed that he and those close to him were being persecuted, vowed to challenge the order.

“Albert Einstein is quoted as saying that the “definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”.”

“If that is true then I must be going mad because in over a decade since the British Courts have been persecuting myself and those close to me – I kept believing that justice and fairness would eventually triumph.


“In hearing after hearing through the years, despite some of the most logic defying rulings against me- I still believed. Despite clear evidence of police corruption against the main officer in my case (evidence so strong that it caused the lead prosecutor to resign from my case) I still believed. Despite a clear victory in my 2013 Confiscation hearing which left the Judge unable to make an order against me, only to have him rule that the prosecution should start the trial afresh some years later – I still believed.

“However, today’s ruling from Judge Tomlinson is difficult to comprehend and even harder to accept. I have to move past the fact that the British Courts found themselves competent to sit in Judgment over contracts awarded in Delta State for contracts that were legitimately awarded and completed. I have come to accept my fate despite the inability of the British prosecutors to show any evidence whatsoever of monies defrauded or indeed missing from Delta State.

“Since 2005 the British Prosecutors have investigated my assets worldwide, they have had a restraint order in place on most of those assets and they are well aware that the total monetary value of those assets is nowhere close to the sums that were the subject of today’s Order. Not withstanding the fact that many of the assets are not and have never been owned by me – it seems that if you are my friend and you allowed me to spend some holiday time in your house, then by this order I now own your home and must ask you to sell it to satisfy the Order.


“The Order made today was to be paid immediately, this was made in the full knowledge that it could take many months to actually realise the sale of many of these assets. There is an 8 year default sentence, which means that if I do not co-operate and pay nothing at all, then the prosecution can apply for the imposition of the default sentence. However as the prosecution already has a Restraint Order over the assets – the situation of my not co-operating or paying will not arise.

“However, an issue arises if my Restrained Assets are sold, and the total realised from the sale does not equal the amount in the Order, then the Prosecution can still apply for part of the default sentence to be applied, but they could only ask for a sliding scale reduction of the 8 years default sentence based on the amounts that remain outstanding. If such an application were to be made it would be vigorously contested. In the normal course of events any talk of a default sentence would normally be stayed until any outstanding Appeal has been concluded,” he said in a statement.

Ibori added that the judge appeared to have cast aside any pretence of impartiality, while making the order, which he described as both “wholly unrealistic and unrealisable”.


“He has completely disregarded any arguments, evidence or expert witnesses in my favour. It was apparent during these last 2 days that he has forgotten many of the important elements of the case which is unsurprising as it almost 2 years since the case concluded. It has taken him 2 years to write this Judgment and in the interim he has presided over hundreds of cases, but I refuse to make excuses for him.”


“At this point in time words fail me and so the question for me as I take my case to the Court of Appeal, is, if I continue to believe that I may finally get some Justice is this the definition of madness? I know one thing for sure, that if I do not go to the Court of Appeal to contest this outrageous Order then my people will definitely say that I am a madman!”

https://dailytrust.com/words-fail-me-ibori-opens-up-on-conviction-seizure-of-fresh-101-5m-lists-next-steps/

When you had the opportunity to be governor and empower your people what did you do with that opportunity imagine the amount of money you had at your disposal you couldn’t turn delta state to Dubai ,what did you invest in? Tribalism ,women and Godfatherism , when we as Nigerians refuse to grow up and be morally upright especially as leaders ,we have set the tone for how we want to be treated by others and most especially or colonial masters .

what a shame .

Very useless animals, money he should have used develop his state, he decided to loot it to white man lands for whatever reason known to him, I hope they don't give him anything

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Lavishly spending and dashing out wads of pounds sterling on the streets in broad daylight!

These people are still very angry with you.


Do you know the damage you would have done to their society through your opulent lavishness?

That's why they proactively swung into action to prevent the damage by swiftly arresting you.

Not like Nigeria where people will be abusing naira notes in parties and clubs in so doing contributing to the high rate of inflation

THIS IS UK NOT NIGERIA YOU HELPED TO DESTROY IBORI.YOU DO NOT COME OUT OF PRISON AND CONTINUE WITH STARSHED STOLEN WEALTH.YOU MUST TURN IT IN.BUT THE BAD THING IS,YOU STOLE FROM NIGERIA BUT YOU ARE RETURNING TO THE UK.