The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday said it had located a mansion belonging to a former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, in an upscale area of Lagos.
The commission said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujiaren, that the property was discovered on Thursday at No. 5, Alpha Beach Road, Lekki in Lagos by its operatives.
Ibori was convicted on April 18, 2012 by a United Kingdom crown court and sentenced to a13-year jail term for corruption and money laundering.
The EFCC said the property “is suspected to be one of the proceeds of money laundering for which the ex-governor was convicted in the UK.
“The attachment of the property is the fallout of continued efforts by the anti- graft agency to trace,find and seize properties that were acquired with stolen funds by the former governor.
“The property is a mansion with a mini reception at the ground floor and a detached ‘Boys Quarters’.
“Two occupants of the house, Moses Abu and Kaycee Kasim, were interrogated and made useful statements.”
According to pictures released bythe commission, the house also has a swimming pool.
Items recovered from the house include sewing machines, mannequins and other personal effects.
They were all packed in cartons and sealed by EFCC operatives before being moved to its office in Lagos.
This is the latest property owned by Ibori which has located and attached.
In July 2012, the United States Department of Justice secured a restraining order against more than $3m looted funds and a mansion in Houston, Texas, U.S owned by Ibori.
The department got the powers through an application filed under seal on May 16, 2012, in a U.S District Court in the District of Columbia, to register and enforcetwo orders from United Kingdomcourts against more than $3m in corruption proceeds related to Ibori.
This was announced by AssistantAttorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton in a statement on the U.SDOJ website.
“The application, which was filedunder seal on May 16, 2012, in U.S. District Court in the District ofColumbia, seeks to restrain assetsbelonging to Governor Ibori and Bhadresh Gohil, Ibori’s former English solicitor, that are proceeds of corruption.
“Specifically, it seeks to restrain a mansion in Houston and two Merrill Lynch brokerage accounts.U.S District Judge Lamberth granted the application and issued a restraining order under seal on May 21, 2012.
“The department was notified today that its application to unseal the restraining order was granted.
“The United States is working with the United Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan Police Service to forfeit these corruption proceeds,” it said.
http://www.punchng.com/news/efcc-locates-iboris-secret-mansion-in-lagos/

EFCC: The toothless bulldog

Make it a home for the homeless!

Leave Ibori alone. Why is one person being single out for persecution when 90% of Jonathan Administration are thieves.

Nemesis catching up with the 'greediest' Nigerian governor ever.

@Moderators&Seun.$!I'd like 2chnge my username
2'JOKERZ'..I dnt knw y iv nt bn attendd 2 yet,but if
it were 2b sum worth hidden posts dey get attention
speedily.

Lol....dat ain't no secret krib.....knew d krib @ alpha beach road belongs 2 ibori...n have seen him chill there a couple of times.....so dat ain't new news.

Don't make it sound like Its GEJ pursueing the guy, GEJ wouldn't have done jack, have u forgotten that Ibori messed the Nigerian Judiciary up victoriously? He owned houses across the world, there must be a limit to everything we do, he had none, when he was done, he put his cousin there so he can continue from where he stopped. Simply put, he did too much and he's paying for his crimes.

Wishing all Nigerian politicians dance to same music.

good

Just put it up for sale in the Properties section on Nairaland! Settled!

Thats very proactive of efcc.
However, how come such treatment hasnt been extended to other ex-govs who are bigger thiefs such as ohakim? Is it cos he is in the good books of the powers that be?
Well, i think the biggest problem ibori had was fighting gej.

Gorrbachev: Leave Ibori alone. Why is one person being single out for persecution when 90% of Jonathan Administration are thieves.

Dnt knw y d re so serious wit d guy's case.

Ibori Ibori!!!May other fraudulent and dubious people be exposed someday..Iseeeeee!!

Hmnn! What shall it profit Ibori after stealing from the treasury and acquiring assets all over the world and ends his life just like henry Okah and his accomplice. #Vanity!

freakybaby: Ibori Ibori!!!May other fraudulent and dubious people be exposed someday..Iseeeeee!!

See as u d cal Ibori! Ibori like say na ur m8.

let efcc track d mansions of obj ibb n other massive looters and let ibori be. ibori stole uyet he is a more purposeful creative n courageous leader than many polirticians today including gej

steal from Niger-delta, invest in Abuja, Lagos, UK and USA. How dum.b while Niger-delta people still need these funds for their up-keeping.

Hope the funds and properties recovered would be given to the people of the state and not the government.

myners007 :
let efcc track d mansions of obj ibb n other massive looters and let ibori be. ibori stole uyet he is a more purposeful creative n courageous leader than many polirticians today including gej

LOL you are drunk my brother. Those you mentioned still live in their STATE OF ORIGIN AND INVESTED THEIR. Ibori invested in other states apart from his home state where he built 1 or 2 houses.

let see the pics

Nawa ibori own to much

I hope Uduaghan faces same when he leaves office...

alj harem:

LOL you are drunk my brother. Those you mentioned still live in their STATE OF ORIGIN AND INVESTED THEIR. Ibori invested in other states apart from his home state where he built 1 or 2 houses.

i pity you cos u are parochial minded. obj own more than ten buildings in delta. ibb has investment across naija mn abrod yet u make horrendous statement. what an ignominy?

Morgan1092: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday said it had located a mansion belonging to a former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, in an upscale area of Lagos.
The commission said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujiaren, that the property was discovered on Thursday at No. 5, Alpha Beach Road, Lekki in Lagos by its operatives.
Ibori was convicted on April 18, 2012 by a United Kingdom crown court and sentenced to a13-year jail term for corruption and money laundering.
The EFCC said the property “is suspected to be one of the proceeds of money laundering for which the ex-governor was convicted in the UK.
“The attachment of the property is the fallout of continued efforts by the anti- graft agency to trace,find and seize properties that were acquired with stolen funds by the former governor.
“The property is a mansion with a mini reception at the ground floor and a detached ‘Boys Quarters’.
“Two occupants of the house, Moses Abu and Kaycee Kasim, were interrogated and made useful statements.”
According to pictures released bythe commission, the house also has a swimming pool.
Items recovered from the house include sewing machines, mannequins and other personal effects.
They were all packed in cartons and sealed by EFCC operatives before being moved to its office in Lagos.
This is the latest property owned by Ibori which has located and attached.
In July 2012, the United States Department of Justice secured a restraining order against more than $3m looted funds and a mansion in Houston, Texas, U.S owned by Ibori.
The department got the powers through an application filed under seal on May 16, 2012, in a U.S District Court in the District of Columbia, to register and enforcetwo orders from United Kingdomcourts against more than $3m in corruption proceeds related to Ibori.
This was announced by AssistantAttorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton in a statement on the U.SDOJ website.
“The application, which was filedunder seal on May 16, 2012, in U.S. District Court in the District ofColumbia, seeks to restrain assetsbelonging to Governor Ibori and Bhadresh Gohil, Ibori’s former English solicitor, that are proceeds of corruption.
“Specifically, it seeks to restrain a mansion in Houston and two Merrill Lynch brokerage accounts.U.S District Judge Lamberth granted the application and issued a restraining order under seal on May 21, 2012.
“The department was notified today that its application to unseal the restraining order was granted.
“The United States is working with the United Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan Police Service to forfeit these corruption proceeds,” it said.
http://www.punchng.com/news/efcc-locates-iboris-secret-mansion-in-lagos/

God go catch dem all

Mtcheww!
Thatrough building said to belong to a residential general.ok o!

Morgan1092: See as u d cal Ibori! Ibori like say na ur m8.

Is it your business?Dats his name..if e dey pain u,hug d nearest transformer..Aproko!!

Gorrbachev: Leave Ibori alone. Why is one person being single out for persecution when 90% of Jonathan Administration are thieves.

They must continue to hunt down whatever he acquired as a result of his looting of state treasury.
Not saying they shouldn't bring others to book.

The man has already been disgraced, stripped of much of his fortune, and slammed with a lengthy jail term. Yet these people wouldn't let him be. That's like kicking a man that is already down. . .a needless overkill.

I'm sure the EFCC can use those resources wasted on 'overkilling' the already defeated Ibori on hundreds of rogues across the country - including Obasanjo, Tinubu, and the rest. This Ibori episode is played out and totally a waste of news space.

.

freakybaby: Is it your business?Dats his name..if e dey pain u,hug d nearest transformer..Aproko!!

Na my biznes oo! Cos i d pity u. I knw say u no fit get money mek ppl sabi u, let alone EFCC 2 fyn u.

Better
yet, informing nigerians what they intend to do with all of Ibori's seized
properties will be a more welcomed news than blowing this old trumpet cos frankly speaking, it's becoming damn noisy.

[color=#000099][/color] it is funny hw dis EFCC operate. Ibori dis n dat what happened to otedola, nothing, what happened to Anieh who stole billions on road project. Abegi.

Am surprize de just discovered that mansion now, when every1 in that hood knows that is ibori's crip. Greed distroys a fool.