– Ex-governor released after completing initial jail term
– Re-arrested to face fresh charges
– New location unknown as at press time
James Ibori, the former Delta state governor, has been
rearrested in the United Kingdom after initially regaining
freedom from a London prison.
The former Delta state governor has been released and
rearrested after completing his jail term in a London
hospital.
The ex-governor, who reportedly completed his prison
terms in the United Kingdom bagged a 13-year in April
2012 by a Southwark Crown court in London and was
released by prison authorities on January 22.
He finished his prison term at Her Majesty’s Prison in
Bedford, outside of London, after initially being held at the
Long Lartin Prison in Worcestershire.
According to PM News, a prison source at Bedford
confirmed on Tuesday night that, “He is out of here.” but
his new destination is yet to be confirmed.
Ibori was reportedly re-arrested to face another charge
which borders on the confiscation of his ill-gotten assets,
estimated to be about 250 million pounds as sources
confirmed that the case initially billed for May, will now
come up in June.
Ibori, 57, had been jailed for using UK financial institutions
to misappropriate hundreds of millions of pound sterling
he stole from public funds in Delta state and his journey to
jail began with his arrest on May 13, 2010 in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates.
He was nabbed under Interpol arrest warrants issued from
United Kingdom courts and enacted by the Metropolitan
Police.
