“The amount has been credited into the designated federal government account” The federal government on Tuesday said it had taken custody of the £4.2 million loot recovered from James Ibori, former Delta state governor, and his associates. Ekohotblog reports that the federal government announced the development in a statement issued on Tuesday by Umar Gwandu, … Read more
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a renowned Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana, has said that the late ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration frustrated the trial of former Delta State governor, James Ibori, in the United Kingdom. Falani who stated this on Sunday, narrated that Ibori was arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on May … Read more
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Yemi Candide-Johnson, SAN, on Thursday explained why the Delta State Government has no valid claim to the £4.2 million expected from the United Kingdom as part of looted funds linked to former Delta State Governor James Ibori. The UK government, Candide-Johnson argued, owns the money in accordance with … Read more
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has disproved Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, assertion that the loot recovered from James Ibori, former governor of Delta, belongs to the federal government. Recall that Malami had said the Loot will used to finance federal government capital expenditure and projects in some parts of the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG had reported that Malami, earlier on Tuesday with the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, announced the return of £4.2 million recovered from Mr. Ibori and his friends. Malami stated that the law which was alleged to have been breached by Ibori was a federal law and that the parties of … Read more
The federal government says it’s following the trails of additional looted assets up to £100 million traced to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state. Speaking when he featured on a Channels Television programme on Tuesday, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, said the federal government had only recovered £4.2 million from around £100 million … Read more