A UK court has ordered the confiscation of £101.5 million allegedly linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state.
He said despite several court hearings over the years and “evidence of police corruption”, he still kept believing that justice and fairness would eventually triumph.He added that while he has accepted his fate “despite the inability of the British prosecutors to show any evidence whatsoever of monies defrauded or indeed missing from Delta state”, he would appeal the judgment.
“There is an eight-year default sentence, which means that if I do not cooperate 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 cooperating or paying will not arise.
“The judge, in this case, appears to have cast aside any pretence of impartiality and has made an order which is both wholly unrealistic and unrealisable.
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