Ibori to ‘fight for justice’ in UK’s highest courts

The former governor of Nigeria’s Delta state, James Ibori, who has been ordered by a court in London to hand over $130m (£100m), has said he will “take [his] fight for justice to the highest courts in the UK”.

He released a statement on Twitter in anticipation of Friday’s court order.

Speaking about the judge, Ibori said “in the two years it has taken to write this judgment it seems apparent that he has forgotten many of the salient points and is prioritising expediency over justice”.

Ibori was convicted in London in 2012 of fraud and money laundering. He is now back in Nigeria after serving some of his sentence in a British jail.
By BBC