Posted by 9jabook.com on December 17, 2009 at 8:15pm
ONE HUNDred and Seventy ! ! Not One touch am !
The Federal High Court in Asaba today discharged and acquitted the former governor of Delta State, James Ohanefe Ibori, of the 170-count charge of corruption filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The presiding judge, Marcel Awokulehin, had adjourned the judgment three times in the past before today’s ruling.
The trial of some associates of Mr. Ibori at the Southwark Crown Court in London was put on hold to allow judgment to be delivered in the case before the Asaba High court.
The London trial involves Udoamaka Onuigbo Okoronkwo, Adebimpe Foleyinmi Pogoson and Christine Ibori-Ibie, who are charged with conspiracy to defraud Delta State, as well as related money-laundering charges regarding Mr. Ibori’s alleged theft of $140 million belonging to the state.
ONE HUNDred and Seventy ! ! Not One touch am !
Online Comments from some News WebsitesIKECHUKWU OKWUOSA
"THIS IS ANOTHER FAILURE IN THE NIGERIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM, IT IS NOT A SUPRISE TO KNOW THAT IBORI IS DISCHARGED OFF ALL COUNT CHARGES, IBORI WHO LOOTED ALL WE HAD IN DELTA STATE, AND WHO WAS CONVICTED AS A CRIMINAL BEFORE HE BECAME GOVERNOR IS TODAY LET GO OF ALL THOSE MONEY LAUNDRY CHARGES, IN SOUTHWARK CROWN COURT, WE BARELY HAVE SPACE IN COURT AS NIGERIANS TO WITHNESS THE CASE OF IBORI ASSOCIATES, BUT INSTEAD LITTLE INDIAN AND PAKISTANI BOYS ARE PAID £100 EACH TO OCCUPY THE SEATS IN THE COURT ROOM. IF ASABA HIGH COURT CAN PUT UP THIS JUDGEMENT, WHAT ABOUT THE EVIDENCES HELD IN LONDON, THIS IS WHY THERE WILL NEVER BE RESPECT FOR OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND THE COUNTRY NIGERIA WILL NEVER SEE RESPECT ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD, THIS CASE WAS CLOSELY WATCHED ALL OVER THE GLOBE, AND THE ADJOURNEMENT IN LONDON IS JUST TO TEST OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM, IT IS A SHAME, EVEN THE DEAF AND DUMB KNOWS IBORI STOLE OUR MONEY, AND THIS HAS TESTED YARADUA'S GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE JUST DECEIVING NIGERIANS, AND AS FAR AS THERE IS STILL IN-SINCERITY IN GOVERNANCE, WE ARE GOING NO WHERE, THAT CASE WAS DECIDED IN ASO ROCK, HENCE IBORI WAS SET FREE."
Posted by Eleniyan omo london on Dec 18 2009
Na padi padi gofument be this o egbami o , na arrangee gofument be this o yeparipa o. This is infact a sad day for nigeria , with this govt we have embarked on a journey of no return where the forces of evil have triumph over good,we all know the start of the journey but no one knows the end. Marcel Awokulehin , James Ibori and Co looters know that we bring nothing to this world and and we will leave with nothing one day all men will be answerable to the almighty where the ultimate judgement lies. Marcel Awokulehin remember what happen to late Justice Bassey Ikpeme of the june 12 midnight ruling! Marcel Awokulehin the man has finally died in you and you have murdered sleep. My people wait and see a bloody revolution is brewing up where all the blood of all saboteurs,vultures and all their collaborators shall be shed to cleanse the land , we are getting there.
Posted by bio on Dec 18 2009
The ruling should not amaze anyone who understands this country called Nigeria run by criminals and a cabal that should have all its members rounded up and jailed for life, if shooting them dead is too callous an option. Remember this barawo called Ibori is still wanted in the UK? So can i hear anyone say Ibori 2011?
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