The former Governor of Delta State, Mr. James Ibori, who was released last week from a United kingdom jail for money laundering, faces extradiction, Checkpointcharley can authoritatively confirm.
Despite the wild jubilations and party in his London home, following his release, it is not yet respite for the former governor.
Inside sources tell this blog that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will seek Ibori’s repatriation to prosecute him for corruption relating to offering gratification to a public officer.
In this respect, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, has been listed as a key witness against Ibori.
Ribadu said then, “Ibori approached me with $15m to stop his investigation. The money was brought in sacks. I called my people because the money was in big bags, which two people could not carry and we deposited it in the CBN as evidence against him.”
Ibori was convicted on 10 counts of money laundering and conspiracy to defraud in the UK. And in order to avoid the double jeopardy rule, the EFCC is planning to charge him with offering gratification to a public officer in order to refrain from acting in the exercise of his official duties regarding the investigation of the petition against him, a source at EFCC said.
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