Influential former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, had to outsmart lawyers working for the British Government before he could regain his freedom from British jail, his Media Assistant, Tony Eluemunor, disclosed this evening in a statement.

Eluemunor said that following Ibori’s successful legal challenge against the attempt to continue to keep him in prison, Her Honour, Mrs. Justice Juliet May, Queen’s Counsel, ordered his immediate release at 12:20 p.m., Wednesday, December 21, 2016.

“With that Ibori’s lawyers won a major victory against the British Home Office, at the Royal Court of Justice, Queens Court 1, London, by successfully challenging the decision not to release Ibori who was due for freedom on Tuesday, December 20, after serving his sentence,” Eluemunor said.

Continuing, he said: “In a curious move, the British Home Office, instead of releasing Ibori on December 20, informed him that he would be detained on the grounds that his confiscation hearing had not been concluded.

“So, in court, Ibori’s lawyers exposed the injustice in the indefinite detention the Home Office had planned for Ibori. They told the Judge that there were no grounds in law under which Ibori could be detained and that his detention for one day by the Home office was unlawful.

“Therefore, there was high drama in the British High Court as senior lawyers for the UK’s Home Office failed in their last minute bid to prevent Ibori’s release. The apparent decision to block Ibori’s release and detain him appears to have come from the highest echelons of the UK Government – the Home Secretary who was accused in today’s hearing of acting unlawfully and misusing her powers.

“Sian Davies, the Crown Prosecution lawyer did not object to Ibori’s release and return to Nigeria, yet at the last minute the Home Office stepped in. There is clear discord between the two arms of the British Government.

“Ibori’s team was led by Ian McDonald QC, the leading QC on immigration.

“The visibly irritated Judge could not understand the Home Secretary’s position and at times was critical of the move to detain Ibori any further. Mrs Justice May rejected the Home Secretary’s requests for conditions to be imposed and ordered Ibori’s immediate release.

“Ivan Krolic, who also attended, explained that Ibori’s confiscation proceedings collapsed in 2013, after the Prosecution was unable to establish any theft from the Delta State and any benefit for Ibori, from anywhere. A three-week hearing which heard live evidence was abandoned by the prosecutors – Wass QC and Shutzer-Weissman. Both prosecutors have since been dismissed from the case for gross misconduct.

“Krollic further explained that British police officers in the case led by DC McDonald, have again been referred to the Independent Public Complaints Commission and now face a thorough investigation into their corrupt activities in this case. The CPS has confirmed officers in the case were corrupt. It has since disclosed substantial material evidencing the graft.

“Ibori and others have long maintained that this prosecution was politically motivated. It was funded by the UK’s Department for International Development, DFID, whose senior employee was also the jury foreperson in one of the earlier trials.

“The Ibori case has been plagued with British police corruption, exceptional prosecutorial misconduct and fundamental non-disclosure. A multitude of Appeals have now been launched or are in the process of being launched.”

Eluemunor spoke of “spontaneous eruptions of celebrations by Ibori’s supporters, especially in (Delta State capital) Asaba and (Ibori’s hometown) Oghara, where people poured out into the streets to celebrate the good news that their champion has regained his freedom.”

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That's why he is the Godfather!

Let me get this straight. You steal your people's money to another man's country and that country jail's you and retrieves that money and keeps it. They are charging you £18million pounds before they allow you to go .

So with all these you have outsmarted British Government

Stupidity is in the blood of Niger Delta people. No wonder they are not good for anything other than drinking and #@$.

you call 6 years in prison outsmart
it should be how the British government pitied James ibori

And that is how US judge also out smart IBORI to spend some years in prison.

Adminisher:
Let me get this straight. You steal your people's money to another man's country and that country jail's you and retrieves that money and keeps it. They are charging you £18million pounds before they allow you to go .

So with all these you have outsmarted British Government

Stupidity is in the blood of Niger Delta people. No wonder they are not good for anything other than drinking and #@$.

my brother, you lacks simple sense of reasoning. Nonsense

Adminisher:
Let me get this straight. You steal your people's money to another man's country and that country jail's you and retrieves that money and keeps it. They are charging you £18million pounds before they allow you to go .

So with all these you have outsmarted British Government

Stupidity is in the blood of Niger Delta people. No wonder they are not good for anything other than drinking and #@$.

you dey mind them.. Just watch how they will attack you without going to the point.

vickylincon:
you dey mind them.. Just watch how they will attack you without going to the point.

f00l, what stvpid point are you talking about ? Does the fact that Shina Rambo was an armed robber mean that all yorubas are amed robbers ? Why must your boyfriend and lover stereotype an entire tribe of people just because of his jaundiced way of reasoning ? Even a bushman from kuvukiland is more intelligent and exposed than you guys

talktimi:
f00l, what stvpid point are you talking about ? Does the fact that Shina Rambo was an armed robber mean that all yorubas are amed robbers ? Why must your boyfriend and lover stereotype an entire tribe of people just because of his jaundiced way of reasoning ? Even a bushman from kuvukiland is more intelligent and exposed than you guys

when the guy called you guys senseless, I thought he was wrong.. Now, I know why. The bad eggs among your tribe like you are the reason. That I support some of his points doesn't mean I hate the tribe. But the way some of you do encourage the avengers, that's y am angry with you guys cos they are spoiling your environment more. But now calling me a fool shows the character of your person. And I said it earlier, you guys will never bring out point.. You always resort to insults same as those e-warriors of ipob. I have ibo and Niger delta friends.. But the crops of people I see on nairaland everyday makes me worry for the future of Nigeria

vickylincon:
when the guy called you guys senseless, I thought he was wrong.. Now, I know why. The bad eggs among your tribe like you are the reason. That I support some of his points doesn't mean I hate the tribe. But the way some of you do encourage the avengers, that's y am angry with you guys cos they are spoiling your environment more. But now calling me a fool shows the character of your person. And I said it earlier, you guys will never bring out point.. You always resort to insults same as those e-warriors of ipob. I have ibo and Niger delta friends.. But the crops of people I see on nairaland everyday makes me worry for the future of Nigeria

critically read your post again and tell me if it makes any sense to you. Point out where I've ever hero worshipped Ibori (even though he has served his punishment and is free to enjoy his life now) also point out where I've supported niger delta avengers. Can you prove it that ALL niger deltans support both Chief Ibori and the avengers ? Like I said earlier, stereotyping a people is a form of social backwardness and I owe you and your ilk no apologies for calling you guys f00ls when you deem it fit to insult my people, in fact I'll gladly call you guys f00ls again.

Adminisher:
Let me get this straight. You steal your people's money to another man's country and that country jail's you and retrieves that money and keeps it. They are charging you £18million pounds before they allow you to go .

So with all these you have outsmarted British Government

Stupidity is in the blood of Niger Delta people. No wonder they are not good for anything other than drinking and #@$.

I do not know where u are from, but one thing is sure is that ur entire lineage and the semen that gave birth to unfortunate you has the greatest stupidity in your bloood

gunuvi:

my brother, you lacks simple sense of reasoning. Nonsense

Afonja Everywhere

me1234:


I do not know where u are from, but one thing is sure is that ur entire lineage and the semen that gave birth to unfortunate you has the greatest stupidity in your bloood

You Boiling for Nothing, it can boil yam

talktimi:
critically read your post again and tell me if it makes any sense to you. Point out where I've ever hero worshipped Ibori (even though he has served his punishment and is free to enjoy his life now) also point out where I've supported niger delta avengers. Can you prove it that ALL niger deltans support both Chief Ibori and the avengers ? Like I said earlier, stereotyping a people is a form of social backwardness and I owe you and your ilk no apologies for calling you guys f00ls when you deem it fit to insult my people, in fact I'll gladly call you guys f00ls again.

ordinarily, I won't have dignified you with a response.. But going by your points, it seems you are well versed in knowledge. I never put the blame on all of you and d guy did not do so. We just put the blame on all of the people supporting crime in your region. But calling someone a fool shows your level of maturity and intelligence. Have a nice day