Am sure you would agree with me that this year has been an interesting year. The drama started since majority of Nigerians got tired of the former administration, and hoped for a different one....
Years ago, James
Onanefe Ibori was the Governor of Delta State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29
May 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is
currently in jail in the UK.
He
was sentenced to 13 years in prison for corruption and money laundering charges
at the Southwark Crown Court 9 in London.
In
Court, James Ibori had earlier pleaded guilty to a number of corruption and
money laundering charges against him put at about $250million before Judge
Pitts. This includes the V-Mobile and Bombardaire scams which amounted to
$50million. Ibori and Victor Attah, former Akwa Ibom state governor also formed
a phantom company called ADF to siphon US$37.5million from Delta and Akwa Ibom
states’ shares in V-Mobile. He was accused of embezzling these funds during his
tenure as governor and using most of them to live a lavish lifestyle and
acquire property and assets around the world.
Yesterday, After much interrogation and suspicion, Former Petroleum Minister Alison Diezani
Madueke, also a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, was
arrested in London ( Chai! a whole
Minister) was arrested while
trying to buy property at One Hyde Park in London. For those who
don’t know –
One Hyde Park has to be one of the world’s most exclusive residences. A 5
bedroom
flat goes for £75 Million.
Reports say that £13 billion allegedly went missing under her watch....we hope this is not true, but if it is, ahhh ahhhh wathappen!
Wetin we go call this one?
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