The duo of Christine Ibori-Ibie, the only surviving sister of Chief James Ibori,
and Udoamaka Onuigbo (Okoronkwo), Chief Ibori’s mistress, were
today sentenced to 5 YEARS EACH in prison by Judge Christopher Hardy of
a Southwark London Crown Court, We can authoritatively report.
Christine and Udoamaka were last week found guilty by a 12-man jury of various financial crimes including money laundering, mortgage fraud and wire
fraud.
Christine, in her case was found guilty on all counts the prosecution levelled against her while Udoamaka was found guilty only on counts 2, 3, and 4
in the trial with case number T20087009.
Both convicts were remanded in prison at the order of judge Hardy immediately a guilty verdict was passed by the jury last week.
The sentencing did not go without some drama at the courthouse. First, there was a reporting restriction on the case, a Southwark Crown Court
official, who chose to be unnamed told source in a conference call on
Monday afternoon GMT. During our first call, the official said the
sentencing was moved from Court 8, which seats about 25 persons to
Court 9 in order to accommodate more persons.
It was gathered from the source that sentencing was still ongoing as at about 3.30pm GMT.
More to follow soon!
Photos:Christine and Uzoamaka The clipped Jailbirds
adapted from thewill media
We are Now recieving reports from Twitter that Christine Ibori-Ibie and Udoamaka Okoronkwo-Onuigbo, have been sentenced to a total of 21yrs prison terms to run concurrently in the UK
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