There are indications of a conspiracy between Nigeria and Britain that sent former Delta state governor, James Ibori his associates to jail.
Vanguard reports that Ibori’s defence lawyer, Chief James Onanaefe surprised the Southwark Court, London on Wednesday, February 10, by presenting evidence before the presiding judge, Judge Tomlinson, of a scheme by the Nigerian and British government to send Ibori and his associates to jail.
In a press statement, Tony Eluemunor, head of Ibori media office disclosed that the evidence was the highlight of Wednesday’s court proceedings.
According to him, the proceedings were delayed for hours because the London Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service failed to appear in court for the hearing.
The statement read in part: “A thoroughly disappointed Judge Tomlinson refused to adjourn hearing to another day but issued an order by 12.30 p.m., that the Prosecution should be in court by 2p.m., as the matter at hand, professional misconduct, dishonesty, perverting the course of justice and criminal non-disclosures, lying to the trial court and Court of Appeal, were serious and urgent.
“This time, the hunters have become the hunted and Ibori’s defence team became the accusers while Ibori’s erstwhile accusers and prosecutors were the accused.”
Eluemunor said two prosecutors; Sasha Wass and Esther Schutzer-Weissmann who were trading blame have been dismissed from the Ibori case and their activities are now being challenged in court for grounds on which to upturn all the convictions against Ibori and his associates.
He added that all the prosecution lawyers and the entire police officers that have represented the British Police have been dismissed from the Ibori case over allegations of corruption against them, lies and deliberate misleading of the court.
“Yet, the worst charge so far against the British prosecution came when the court resumed by 2p.m., as counsel to Ibori’s former lawyer, Badresh Gohil, dropped the bombshell. The counsel, Mr. Kamish, stunned the court when he revealed a sinister conspiracy between Nigeria and Britain to railroad Ibori and associates to jail.
“He backed this up by pointing at a document signed by British and Nigerian governments agreeing that the Department for International Development will be paid 25 million Pounds Sterling from money that will be confiscated from Ibori, before any penny is ever remitted to Nigeria,” Ibori’s media aide said.
Eluemunor said the case was adjourned to 8th March 2016, to enable the Prosecution appoint new counsels as the old ones have been tainted and dismissed.
Ibori was jailed in 2012, two years after he was arrested by the Interpol in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, where he was hiding after fleeing Nigeria. He pled guilty to ten counts of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud in February 2012 and was sentenced to 13 years in jail.
Report surfaced about two weeks back that Ibori was been rearrested in United Kingdom after initially regaining freedom from a London prison.
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