By Emma Amaize

WARRI—AN Ijaw group, the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, in Delta State, weekend, called on President Godluck Jonathan to grant presidential pardon to the former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, before his exit from Aso Villa, next month.

National President the group, Mr. Austin Ozobo, in interactive with newsmen, said: “Chief Ibori has suffered enough and there is no justification for not granting him clemency, as had been done to others.

” Ozobo said Ibori was not the only corrupt leader in the country, but unfortunately, he has undergone indescribable hardship more than others.

“Ibori should be freed. Hundreds of persons, who looted heavily from government coffers are walking freely in the streets. The continuous incarceration of one corrupt man among a million other corrupt citizens cannot change the menace of high level corruption in the country.

‘’Ibori’s imprisonment could be seen as a witch-hunt and such is highly barbaric and provocative and the Nigerian government must quickly do something about his matter. ‘’Despite the ordeals Ibori is passing through, Deltans hold him in high esteem and his great achievements while in office cannot be discountenanceded.

‘’There should be no sacred cow among political office holders. Ibori’s case is not different, he is a victim of circumstances. Release him and let him breathe fresh air and let other corrupt public office holders be tried as well.”

SOURCE: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/grant-presidential-pardon-to-ibori-ijaw-group-urges-jonathan/#sthash.0d61rS8k.dpuf

How can you grant pardon to someone jailed and still in jail in a foreign land? How is he a political victim? Na de government open account and lodged stolen funds in his name? People sha

Some news I read make me weep for the future of Nigeria. We all are so sentimental to the point that we make silly comments and suggestion like the one in the topic.

IBORI. . .
We are waiting for you oooooooooooooooooooh!
My aso-ebi is ready!

Jokers

This people sha and the way the reason. Not quite long one of them said 'How much did Nwobodo stole, an amount that is not enough to buy a Peugeot.'

Only if tomorrow will be May 29.

Sai Buhari

Ozobo said Ibori was not the only corrupt leader in the country, but unfortunately, he has undergone indescribable hardship more than others.

“Ibori should be freed. Hundreds of persons, who looted heavily from government coffers are walking freely in the streets. The continuous incarceration of one corrupt man among a million other corrupt citizens cannot change the menace of high level corruption in the country.

‘’Ibori’s imprisonment could be seen as a witch-hunt and such is highly barbaric and provocative and the Nigerian government must quickly do something about his matter. ‘’Despite the ordeals Ibori is passing through, Deltans hold him in high esteem and his great achievements while in office cannot be discountenanceded.

‘’There should be no sacred cow among political office holders. Ibori’s case is not different, he is a victim of circumstances. Release him and let him breathe fresh air and let other corrupt public office holders be tried as well.”

Rubbish!

He is incarcerated in a sane society; he will do his full time there.

Nigerians will never learn!

While tinubu n atiku are romancing with ur sai buhari . Still wondering how ur sai buhari want to fight the corruption without fighting these grandfathers(tinubu n atiku) of corruption...

padeolu:
This people sha and the way the reason. Not quite long one of them said 'How much did Nwobodo stole, an amount that is not enough to buy a Peugeot.'

Only if tomorrow will be May 29.

Sai Buhari

Yet they will be the one crying for been cheated and under developed when all your governors are used too looting and you fools are begging for their freedom instead of the politician to rot in prison to teach others lessons

temitemi1:
While tinubu n atiku are romancing with ur sai buhari . Still wondering how ur sai buhari want to fight the corruption without fighting these grandfathers(tinubu n atiku) of corruption...

You all shouting tinubu is corrupt yet for 16yrs no pdp president sued him to court so what's the fuss about. Need names of criminals and convicts in PDP Sure u can list more than I know self... Lol Hopefully your mentor abi na role model will join that list soon....

This is why whoever wants to curb corruption in Nigeria must be ruthless!

GEJ even has more pressing issues to deal with before may 29 than engage in what will make us appear as jokers in sane spheres of the world!

Thank God,GEJ is going back to Otuoke next month,no more State pardon to criminals.

Funny people
So because he is not the only corrupt man then he should be pardon ? If we continue in this line then we will soon finish ourselves as a nation

My gej will not belittle himself. I trust him.

That will be good ooooo. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

In the season and spirit of stealing is not corruption. This looter should be pardon like others.

Oya Oga Jona do the needful.

He should even be given a national honour self. I recommend GCON.

In Olamide's voice, "s'oro n'iyen?"

You see.......it is threads like this that make me ask the question



shoro niyen?

No way

James ibori
Well the president shud just pardon him and give him another chance

The peoples president please grant ibori presidential pardon. We love goodluck, we don't know who's Gmb. You r forever our president, our hero, in Gej we trust

As a deltan, Ibori is the worse thing to ever happen in delta state. I hope he gets arrested and send to Kirikiri when he complete his prison term in London

no way

nice

Ok

M from warri in delta state n I can tell u d governor hu has don better dan Ibori might only be Donald duke n maybe kwankwaso, even ur fashola n tinubu combined has not achieved wat ibori achieved in his 8 yrs rule.

padeolu:
This people sha and the way the reason. Not quite long one of them said 'How much did Nwobodo stole, an amount that is not enough to buy a Peugeot.'
Only if tomorrow will be May 29.
Sai Buhari

I can see dat ur senses ar in ur lunch box, go n eat dem.

That you know and confirmed he is corrupt yet you want him pardoned is enough reason for you to be jailed. So because he is not the only corrupt government official, he should be allowed to go Scot free?If I say the South south attitude is far worse than the born to rule orientation of the north, some people will start insulting me.Mind you, if it's left for Jonathan Ibori will be an elected Senator by now.Thank God his fate lies with the British government. I wish he returns to Nigeria and be jailed for corruption in kirikiri under buhari's government.

I am not surprised that these bastards whose brother have emptied our treasury, shared our common wealth for his failed election bid, and basically institutionalized corruption and elevated drug traffikers and theives want to do same to Ibori.

I cant wait for this clueless man currently referred to as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to rot in Jail.

General Sir, we await you to get our justice system to get these bastards rot in Jail. Any attempt to blow up our pipelines will be met with brute force. Buhari will not take this nonesense. Never again, will we have rif raffs threatening a whole country!

-CramJones

Let's see hw it goes

This is really unfortunate.

What circumstance is Ibori a victim to? A circumstance of an effective and functional legal system in the UK?? A circumstance of an unbridled appetite to steal?? What exactly are these guys talking about?

This was why Buhari talked about making sure "corruption is no longer seen as a respectable monument in Nigeria".

Classic Stockholm syndrome.

This is really pathetic and shows how stoop these peeps reason all in the name of this eleyameya he's our brother or he's our man of a thing, even if they (alamesia, ibori n co) reap you off all your entitlements to enrich their pockets.

What these people should be asking is that even though states like Kano, Lagos and Ogun get far less allocation than them (and the fact that these states are more cosmopolitan with larger population than most SS states), how come they are more developed infrasture and socio-economic wise, but they rather prefer to live in slumps and blame all their woes on others.

Well I just thank God this Ibori's case isn't happening in Buhari's era (rather it's happening in one of their own's era), if not they would have said Ibori is being 'maltreated' and castigated because he's from the minority or because he's an Ijaw-man and all these their other baseless and stupid arguments