London judge orders confiscation of $130 million from Nigerian ex-governor Ibori | News24

Ibori, who is in Nigeria, said he would appeal against the confiscation order, one of the largest imposed on an individual in recent British legal history.

Ibori was governor of oil-producing Delta State from 1999 to 2007 and was extradited from Dubai to Britain in 2011. He pleaded guilty in 2012 to 10 counts of fraud and money-laundering and received a 13-year jail sentence of which he served half, as is standard. Spokespersons for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether the Nigerian government would cooperate with the British authorities in enforcing the confiscation order.

Finally, the shenanigan's in the Southwark Crown Court are drawing to a close. Judge Tomlinson is due to make a compensation order which should be both realisable and not punitive. However, after what transpired in court today my hopes are rapidly fading for any degree of…The confiscation process took over a decade after Ibori's conviction because of lengthy court delays and legal wrangling in London.

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