Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Ibori Moved To Maximum Security Prison With Terrorists and Violent Criminal Outside London
SaharaReporters has confirmed that James Ibori, the convicted former governor of Delta State, has been transferred to a maximum-security prison, the Worcestershire Long Lartin Prison outside London.
UK prison officials in the United Kingdom confirmed the transfer to our correspondent, but said they could not tell what informed the move. “Yes, Mr. Ibori is now serving his prison term in the Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire,” said an official of the UK prisons.
The maximum-security prison houses terrorists, rapists, drug barons and other violent criminals. A recent report in The Guardian, a major UK newspaper, portrayed the prison as a rough, lawless facility where gangsters reign supreme.
In April this year, Mr. Ibori was sentenced to 13 years in prison for using UK financial institutions to launder hundreds of millions of pound sterling he stole from public funds in Delta State. The looted funds enabled Mr. Ibori, his family and mistress to live lavish lifestyles that included purchase of private jets, luxurious cars and to own plush homes as well as apartments in some of the swankiest areas in London. Mr. Ibori is expected to serve at least seven years in the UK since he received credit for his detention in the United Arab Emirates as well as the UK prior to his trial.
The US Department of Justice recently restrained assets belonging to the former governor in Texas and Massachusetts. A US attorney told SaharaReporters that the action means that Mr. Ibori is in legal trouble in the US whenever he serves out his prison term in the UK.
One of Mr. Ibori’s lawyers, Bhadresh Gohil, his wife, Theresa Nkoyo, sister, Christine Ibori-Ibie, and mistress, Udoamaka Okoronkwo were all sentenced to prison terms for aiding and abetting the former governor in his money laundering activities.
Meanwhile, several sources in Abuja and Asaba, the Delta State capital, have told SaharaReporters that Mr. Ibori has now perfected plans to reclaim the $15 million with which he tried, but failed, to bribe Nuhu Ribadu, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Delta State government, led by Ibori’s cousin and money laundering accomplice, Emmanuel Uduaghan, recently stepped forward to claim the $15 million bribe which has been deposited at the Central Bank of Nigeria for several years.
Several sources had told SaharaReporters that Mr. Ibori frowned at the state government’s move, worried that an open admission that he gave the bribe would complicate things for him.
However, Saharareporters further learnt yesterday that the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, who initiated a lawsuit in which the federal government sought to take over the money from the Central Bank, had struck a deal with Delta State Governor to enable Mr. Ibori to ultimately reclaim the money. The deal was communicated to Ibori to calm him down.
Our sources revealed that claims by Mr. Ibori’s associates which will be planted in several Nigerian blogs to the effect that the cash was not intended as a bribe were part of a series of complex schemes to clear the way for Mr. Ibori to reclaim the money.
“Adoke and the Delta State government are now on the same page and working in tandem,” said one source. He added, “Once the state government obtains a court order awarding the cash to Delta, Chief Ibori will get a Delta State high court to rule that the money was not a bribe but Ibori’s contribution for an undisclosed political purpose. The state court will argue that the former governor was never convicted for any crimes in Nigeria, and order the state to return the cash to its rightful owner, Chief Ibori. The state government will quickly comply.”
Another source close to Mr. Adoke told SaharaReporters that the country’s attorney general and Minister for Justice has rubberstamped the deal, after officials of Delta State and associates of Mr. Ibori promised him a cut of the $15 million.
The source added that it was Mr. Adoke who came up with the legal scheme to enable Mr. Ibori to eventually take possession of the seized funds. He reportedly stated that since a Nigerian court presided over by Justice Marcel Awokulehin had dismissed all money laundering and corruption charges against Mr. Ibori, it would be easy for a Delta State court to rule that it was “impossible to accuse Chief Ibori of stealing from Delta State to bribe Ribadu.”
A leader of an activist political group in Delta State told SaharaReporters that his group had heard rumors about the planned deal between Mr. Ibori, the state government and Mr. Adoke. “I can tell you that we are vigilant and will resist any attempt to hand back money Ibori stole to the man to enjoy when he comes out of jail. We plan to take him to court again in Nigeria to explain what he did with our people’s money,” said the source.
freedom of speech, but mind ur words
Its unfortunate that only those wit less wisdom and eye to see beyond the drama here. he is just the scape goat caught in the trap of obj & gej, he fought agaist their govt and he was made to suffer the pain by using efcc as a medium to get him, he did wel 4 his pple and outside delta state, i wil mention jst a few, which gov in naija has construct road 4 his neighbouring state? a world class teachin hospital, polythecnics, roads, employment, youth/women empowerment, etc
which of u in his position can survive wit just ur salary without staining ur hands??
be careful wit ur mouths it can happen to any1.
freedom of speech, but mind ur words
Its unfortunate that only those wit less wisdom and eye to see beyond the drama here. he is just the scape goat caught in the trap of obj & gej, he fought agaist their govt and he was made to suffer the pain by using efcc as a medium to get him, he did wel 4 his pple and outside delta state, i wil mention jst a few, which gov in naija has construct road 4 his neighbouring state? a world class teachin hospital, polythecnics, roads, employment, youth/women empowerment, etc
which of u in his position can survive wit just ur salary without staining ur hands??
be careful wit ur mouths it can happen to any1
Fact check..
This report is absolutely sensational..here in the UK prisoners move following their classification few months after their sentencing. In Ibori's case..he would definitely be a Cat C prisoner..hence his move to long Martin. Anyone who knows the prison system well will know that there are never male rapes in the UK prison..it's an American prison practice. The only downside of the UK prison system is boredom..if the prisoner refuses to access the various activities that litter the prison environment..from education to work possibilities..otherwise it's akin to being in a large holiday camp with guards babysitting you with your human rights fiercely protected by the prison authorities.
Saharareporters should be a bit more rational in their reporting to avoid misleading the public as well as misrepresenting institutions like the MoJ and HMPS.
dat thief
i don tell una b4 make una bring ibori come my farm make e wash my goat and malu nyash for me well well everyday.
after dat i go flog am well well wid de kind of wire cable wey e don take flog poor people too. iboro na the worst kind of animal in human skin alive.
even my goat wey greedy no dey as greedy as ibori. una no see en head as e big like malu wey chop too much shit for road?
na god go punish ibori and his greedy family of thieves who think nigerias money belongs to them while millions of people are staving to death.
he dey lucky coz if i was in that jail wid him i would make sure he never left there alive.people like him should be killed just like a common thief who steals a chicken for market.
i hope one day i can meet him and slap the teeth out of his ugly greedy mouth.
he is a greedy and foul excuse for a human being and so is anyone who thinks he has done anything worth praising.
open your eyes and see what he is. A THIEF
How life changes. This should
How life changes. This should be a lesson for the corrupt leaders.
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SOMEONE PREDICTED ON THIS
SOMEONE PREDICTED ON THIS FORUM THAT FELLOW PRISONERS WILL FUCK THE HELL OUT OF IBORI'S ASS. I SEE THAT PREDICTION COMING TO PASS.
Elmango Meat-its a fight between OBJ and Ibori
Elmango Meat, which of the nigerian heads of state did attempt to reduce corruption--name them for us--from obj, buhari, ibb to abacha-just show us the things that they did to end corruption-beyond their selective justice sysytem that they introduced. This is how some of u for want of better thing to do with your empty brains always look for a scape goat in your attempt to sell your lottery tickets to the outside world-joanthan this and that--go through your records-on SR-Was it not the same nigerians in diaspora who were paid to sell or market him to us-now u blame jonathan-go through the achieves and recall the dirty smelly articles u sponsored 4 him.
@ ENEFAAH ITS ONLY D SOUTH SOUTH DAT GOES TO JAIL IN 9JA
Its only indigenes of the south south that go to jailin 9ja. That case of bode george was a mistake. Check out the way IBB handled David West. He dumped him in jail for having the guts to glance at a rolex wrist watch. Kensarowiwa hanged and acid poured on his lifeless body. Again examine the case of Alams. Which of the 36 governors in 9ja were given the Ibori or alams treatment-some are even saying there is nothing like south south in 9ja-except their oiless dependant zones. The most painful aspect of the ongoing rubbish is that Amaechi and dickson do not understand that their people and president are being demonized to pave way 4 their exploitation-so that they will not be able rear their ugly heads in public in future. Farouk will never go to jail in 9ja-may be in another world-if care is not taken its otedola who would end up behind bars-hence the need for us to split-but some are so scared of separation they will rather die than see d SS move out of 9ja.
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IBORI SHOULD EMBRACE GOD AND CHANGE HIS WAYS.
Ibori has another chance,as long as there is life,there is hope,he should embrace religion and repent then expose all those who stole with him to the authorities and the Nigerian people.
Those guys at the super max prisons can get very rough at the slightest provocation so he needs God to save him.
IBORI SHOULD EMBRACE GOD AND CHANGE HIS WAYS.
Ibori has another chance,as long as there is life,there is hope,he should embrace religion and repent then expose all those who stole with him to the authorities and the Nigerian people.
Those guys at the super max prisons can get very rough at the slightest provocation so he needs God to save him.
BRITISH ABUSING THE SOUTHERN NIGERIANS.
this is unfair. why is it that it is always the southern Nigerians that are badly treated? no western, eastern and or northern politician is ever ill treated both in nigeria and abroad. britain must know that what she does to the southern nigerians will not be accepted. his Ibori now a murderer? why move him to outside london and with cure criminals? he is a southerner and must be humiliated beyond all imaginations? where are his relatives and kins people. they must stage public demonstration against the nonsense. we must petition the prison officials, and all responsible about his oppression. we must not give up. what is done to one is done to all of us the southerners. this is our opportunity to stand together and fend off the oppressors. we must not be shy. looting public fund is not percular to the south in nigeria.
BRITISH ABUSING THE SOUTHERN NIGERIANS.
this is unfair. why is it that it is always the southern Nigerians that are badly treated? no western, eastern and or northern politician is ever ill treated both in nigeria and abroad. britain must know that what she does to the southern nigerians will not be accepted. his Ibori now a murderer? why move him to outside london and with cure criminals? he is a southerner and must be humiliated beyond all imaginations? where are his relatives and kins people. they must stage public demonstration against the nonsense. we must petition the prison officials, and all responsible about his oppression. we must not give up. what is done to one is done to all of us the southerners. this is our opportunity to stand together and fend off the oppressors. we must not be shy. looting public fund is not percular to the south in nigeria.
GODSWILL AKPABIO, TELL IBORI.......
Godswill Akpabio, tell Ibori your friend to book space for you. Your story will be worse. You're stealing as if you will use money to build a home in the hereafter. You are your stealing the people dry and also killing, raping peoples wives, maiming and kidnapping them.
You forget that you have a wife and ( girls ) as children. Do you think same won't happen to them?
Akpabio, you are, a 419/Cultist and Power Drunk Fool! 419 Yahoo Yahoo Governor without the Fear of God.
Haha
The land of terrorists and terrorism instigating, who cares what they did with that terrorism? He sure did not surrender his loot to them like the other rogue Alaghemesia or whatever, who got pregnant instead...
What about the millions of other hardcore rogues that are living in opulace in and around UK? Both Britain and the likes of this garage tout are birds of the same feather... they quarrel when money was not well shared...
The curse of the people will render them eat and eat and never satisfy...
NOT THE ONLY ONE
HE IS NOT THE ONLY CRIMINAL IN NIGERIA OTHERS SHOULD BE MADE TO FACE THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE LAW.IBB,OBJ AND THE LIKE
Enjoy your stay
That is where he belong, he should dwell in there till the rest of his life.
take him to zoo
ibori should have been taken to a zoo in UK. as an animal, that is where he belongs.
What A Nation!
No nation is forever under a Pariah State. No place on Earth is permanently peaceful. Likewise, no place on earth, remains permanently doomed. Light must always shine at the tunnel end. If and perhaps, Nigeria still remains as one entity, the Real Changer of our Nation State, would be the least expected person. Definitely, not Buhari and his ilk. The person might be from anywhere. Till that time comes, let there be leadership crash programmes, for all our elected politicians, as being done in Kenya. I Beliv
GLJ IS ALSO OYE ORI
All our leaders includn our beloved presido is oye ori. y shld he not declear his asets includin d one in kaduna,dat is y all of us shld get up against dis bagars who dnt wnt 2lead but2 rule.GOD wil tru satan their master will punish dem. GOD bless 9ja
Jonathsn,Jonathan,Jonathan
Jonathsn,Jonathan,Jonathan how many times I call you. For you to gain back your fame and all the people that loves you. Please fire this thief " ADOKE " now. If you.do this Nigerians will surely hail you. They will support you for the next election. Adoke is a big time rogue, hes just deceiving you.
Maximum Prison my foot!!!
Who cares if he is put in a prison greater than "maximum" that houses terrorists, rapists, drug barons and where gangsters reign supreme.
What is the man in question if not all of the above? He has been put in his place where he rightly belongs. Let him taste it, this is what he has subjected the poor people of his state to. I hope he rots in a Nigerian jail where all reign supreme too.
According to the Prison System
We were told that it is normal and standard practise to move high profile prisoners around.
If we are to believe the conspiracy on line of what the illuminate is planning even as we see Assange and his wahala now - also illegal extradition that Britain is planning for him, then it serves His Excellency well to be moved to West Midlands away from harm. We thank God for His Mercies.
@Abubakhr bin Hamza Ali
I hail you Abubakhr, your actually the first northern citizen to identify and speak out on the waste by a northern "servant governor", imagine that there were 10 - 20 more of your selves. The nothern governors are actually the most corrupt in nigeria, the problem is that the northern citizens are either too timid, or cant be bothered about it or take it that is Allahs will.
You guys should speak up, there is more action around your area than in the south.
Boy na true you talk oooo.
Boy na true you talk oooo. Those bad guys in the prison go don fuck his ass well. He must luck if Ibori not catch HIV. Stupid rogue, shop lifter, Credit Card thief, Chief thief Ibori you are in big mess. You no go fit sit down well, well by the time you finish your jail term. Hahahahaha.
@danboyi gomsuk Re: "Adoke
@danboyi gomsuk Re: "Adoke is not only bereft of self-shame; he equally wants to drag the already beleaguered, checkered and shamed Nigerian judiciary into further contumely. It's just a shame the type of people serving in sensitive positions in Nigeria."
What do you expect? No story is outrageous. However, If this story is true, then Adoke is not to blame. First of all, he is a Minister under Goodluck. Secondly, in all dealings relating to corruption issues, he has not shown any sense of responsibilty or decorum; the main driving force in all his actions is how much dough he can make from our broken system.
Finally, he can only act within the power he is limited by his employer (GEJ). If his employer has not shown any desire to act within the law, what moral right has GEJ to bring Adoke to order.
choping life.com
Men! That guy called Odidigborogbo don dey chop life for that Maximum prison o hahahahah. Hope it gets to his cousin's turn soon.
ER...
Sahara reporters it is standard practise to move high profile prisoners around every 6months is what we were told by some.
If we are to beleive online conspiracist regarding illuminati plans to nuke London then i guess His Excellency is in a safe haven no?
Haba
We can only accept a judgement on this $15 million if this case can be refered to London. That's where Ibori ownes up quickly and accepts he's a thief.
On jail issue, what kind of man do they want to bring back to Nigeria after such a terrible spell in that kind of jail? So, they want to return a ''hardened kiringwo'' to us abi?
HOLIDAY IN THE DUNGEON.
Everyone chooses where to spend vacation. Ibori has made his choice and nobody should pity him. He must be holidaying well or enjoying it. Don't steal, but he stole and this is the consequence. What Nigeria failed to tackle, London had handled well. Wishing him all the best.

