OJU OLE RE!!!
Justice Anthony Pitts of the Southwark Crown Court in London has sentenced former governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta State, Chief James Ibori, to 13 years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in February.Ibori had pleaded guilty to 10 out of the 23-count charge levelled against him on February 27, this year,Ibori had faced corruption charges in Nigeria and in Britain, where he was pursued by a police unit which investigates the activities of foreign officials who seek to launder stolen assets in Britain.
He became governor in 1999 but soon began taking money from state coffers.
According to his indictment, He bought:
A house in Hampstead, north London, for £2.2m
A property in Shaftesbury, Dorset, for £311,000
A £3.2m mansion in Sandton, near Johannesburg, South Africa
A fleet of armoured Range Rovers valued at £600,000
A £120,000 Bentley
A Mercedes Maybach for 407,000 euros that was shipped direct to his mansion in South Africa.
Dear readers, do you think 13years is enough justice?
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