Ibori dey face fresh 10-year jail term, £100m seizure for UK
A former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, dey face risk of fresh 10-year jail term over money wey hin dey expected to pay following hin conviction for Uk court in 2012.
According to Channels Television reports, di court dey set to order di seizure of more than £100 million ($129 million) from di former governor.
Di development come about six years after Ibori return to Nigeria following hin prison sentence wey hin serve for money laundering and fraud charges.
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Di British authorities indict di former governor for stealing public funds and laundering them through UK banks and properties. However, di trial on confiscation proceedings against Ibori start in February 2017.
Judge David Tomlinson of Southwark Crown Court don make factual findings regard di amount of money wey dey linked to Ibori.
During a hearing on Thursday, di prosecution and di defence present dia arguments on how di confiscation figure sgo dey calculated based on di judge findings.
Ibori, wey return to Nigeria in 2017 after serving half hin sentence, bin no attend di hearing.
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