FORMER GOVERNOR JAMES IBORI TO RETURN TO NIGERIA IN DAYS

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I will return to Nigeria “in a matter of days”‎ – Ibori

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Former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, has said he will return to Nigeria “in a matter of days”.
Ibori was released from a UK prison in December 2016 after a 13-year jail term.
In a statement issued by his media aide, Tony Eluemunor, on Tuesday, he said: “The British government had attempted to withdraw the case from court five, before Justice Garnham to either the Queen’s Bench Division or the Crown Court.
“Ibori’s lawyers argued that this was a delay tactic by the Crown and the judge refused to grant the transfer, insisting that the case will remain in his Royal court of justice.
“This time, the case before the court on Tuesday was to determine the amount of money Britain will pay Ibori as compensation for the illegal detention he was subjected to when the British prisons did not allow him to leave on the exact day his prison sentence ended in December last year, but detained him unlawfully and illegally by a day, while even seeking for ways to further deny him his freedom by locking him up illegally.”
Eluemunor added that those concerned in the case, will make their final statements in March and that the amount of damages to be awarded to Ibori will then be decided.
“After all the speculations over when Chief James Onanefe Ibori will return to Nigeria, Ibori himself has now confirmed that he would be homeward bound very soon,” he said.
He also quoted Ibori as telling BBC’s Mark Eastman, that he was planning to appeal his conviction.
“As soon as possible, may be in a matter of days,” Ibori was quoted to have said, in response to a question on how soon his trip back to Nigeria would be.
“Dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s in briefing his lawyers may be the only thing standing between Ibori now and his journey to Nigeria,” the statement read.
“For instance, there will be mention of the Ibori London case this week Friday at the Southwark London court for the judge to be fully informed on what is happening with the disclosure process and to ascertain if everybody convicted in the Ibori and related cases will be appealing”, it added

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