James Ibori faces international panel of interrogation in Dubai over fraudulent practices.
Ibori pondering into the future.
All travelling documents belonging to James Ibori have been confiscated following his interrogation by a combined team of detectives from United Kingdom, Nigeria and United Arab Emirate.
Ibori was arrested Wednesday night by United Arab Emirate security authority on the orders of UK and Nigerian governments.
A warrant of arrest had been issued against him in Nigeria while law enforcers are looking for him in the United Kingdom to answer criminal charges on illegal financial deals including money laundering.
He had been granted bail following progress made by the security agents currently interrogatiing him. He now faces extradition to the United Kingdom.
The team of security intelligence drawn from United Arab Emirates, Britain and Nigeria commenced interrogating the former Governor Ibori’s following his arrest on Wednesday night in Dubai where he had been hiding after he was declared wanted in Nigeria.
The money –bag political power wielder whose influence was supreme within the polity deceased President Umaru Yar’ Adua had snaked away two weeks ago from Nigeria out-smarting security experts as he was being sought after by the agents for illegal financial deals while he was Delta state governor. His credibility as a genuine business man is currently being questioned seriously by the internationally community especially in the UK.
At a stage, he was shielded by local militants when EFCC security agents trailed him to his local government in Delta state. The Militants engaged EFCC security men in gun battle and the men had to retreat to forestall a major bloodbath, botching the attempt to arrest him.
Local women in his Oghara areas of Delta state also carried out nude protest claiming that the former governor was a victim of a witch-hunt.
Two weeks ago, EFCC had debunked a report which claimed that Ibori had escaped to Dubai.
Fews days later, EFCC which denied the rumour said they believed he was still in Nigeria and that the escape news was an attemt to created a distraction.
A group of concerned Nigerians also in a reaction to Ibori’s alleged escape from Nigeria claimed they were motoring activities at Airports across Europe especially in United kingdom if Ibori would sneak in so they can inform the authority.
By Thursday afternoon, there are reports that he had been arrested in Dubai and currently ‘holidaying’, with a combined team of security agents from Britain and Nigeria while their counterparts from Dubai are keeping eyes in case he attempted to escape.
United Kingdom authorities had been looking for ways to extradite Ibori to London to answer to cases of money laundering and illegal financial deal.
EFCC had declared Ibori wanted acting on a petition sent to it by a group of Delta State leaders and elders headed by Chief Edwin Clark, a former Minister of Information.
The petition claimed that Ibori used 800 million units of shares belonging to Delta State in Oceanic Bank Plc to secure a N44 billion private loan from Intercontinental Bank Plc while he was still governor.
Farida waziri, EFCC leader.
He is also being alleged to have used the 800 million units of shares to acquire Ascot Oil, and American Oil service company whose headquarters is in Port Harcourt.
The petitioners said not less than 520 million out of the 800 million units of shares were sold under questionable circumstances.
According to a source, Ibori, rather than make himself available for investigations by the EFCC, attempted to dodge questions over the allegations, hiding away from the law and using money power to flex his muscles against the nation’s authorities.
About two weeks ago, the PDP kingpin caused stir at the Private jetty of the local wing of MurtalaMohammed International Airport as government attempted overhauling security at the Airport . It was suspected Ibori had escaped from the country through the airport flying in his private jet.
Ibori, since leaving office as governor three years ago, has been under the pressure of huge weight of allegations of corruption levelled against him nationally and internationally. Rather than respecting the law of the land by answering questions, he had been docking and diving creating more suspicion in the eyes of Nigerians and other international communities.
EFCC on the eve of his escape had to issue a fresh statement signed by Femi Babafemi, its Head of Media and Publicity, that Ibori was wanted in connection with investigations into allegation of official corruption and money laundering.
Subsequently, a court warrant was issued for his arrest.
Metropolitan Police
But Ibori, rather than make himself available for investigations by the EFCC, has attempted to dodge questions over the allegations hiding away from the law and using money power to flex his muscles against the nation’s authorities.
His media assistant Tony Eluemunor, however, denied that Ibori was invited by the EFCC.
Last week, a media source at EFCC told EMNnews.com that the former governor was still being wanted as he could not have been above the law of the country.
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It is clear that the British cannot function without black wealth and is now harassing the man to try and validate in some way the ongoing trial of the IBori associates in London.
Clearly from a legal point of view the Nigerian courts had said that he did not do anything wrong and is a free man .
What is Britains own when the courts themselves in Britain are 419ers. True . NOt only do they operate under SECTION 19 C of the Race Relations Amendment ACT 2000 which is a Human Rights violations – it allows JUDGES and the British COURTS to discriminate against blacks and ethinic minorites . whether British or non British True. question if they dont do justice for black britons why would they do justice for black Africans/Nigerians – they will not .
It is disputed anyway that the courts Her majesty’s service is a valid court as the queen has forefeited the Crown ( 1700 Settlements act ) by mixing with the Pope and all things papist. True.