FORMER Delta State Governor
James Onanefe Ibori has denied
pleading guilty to corruption
charges during his trial in a
London court on Monday.
He said that he only pleaded guilty to
money laundering charges.
In a statement yesterday, Mr. Tony
Eluemunor, Media Assistant to Ibori,
said that both the local and foreign
media glossed over the real facts in the
Ibori’s case.
Part of Eluemunor’s statement read: “…
the world was made to believe that
Ibori’s guilty plea was a sudden
turnaround and not a well-deliberated
act that was part of a plea bargain deal.
But it is on record that several Nigerian
newspapers of last Sunday published
different versions of that self same
story; that Ibori would plead guilty as
part of a plea bargain arrangement.
“Of course, that plea bargain deal would
only kick in with Ibori’s pleading guilty;
which he did this week Monday. After
that plea, which had been successfully
foretold by Nigerian newspapers, both
the prosecution and the defence
counsel were to return on April 16 and
17 to make their needed statements.
Unfortunately, while Ibori’s lead counsel
stayed true to this time-tested legal
procedure, the prosecution counsel
went rogue and began to make wild and
unfounded statements aimed at
nothing but self-glorification and Ibori’s
demonisation. What was not clear to
Nigerians was that the prosecution
lawyers were labouring at damage
control as the publication in several
Nigerian newspapers of last Sunday had
leaked out the secret that the seven-
year investigation against Ibori had not
only cost the British tax-payer £14
million but was funded by the DfID –
the Department of Foreign
Development.
“The prosecution then laboured hard to
justify the money spent and stave off
another official inquiry into the much
investigated London Metropolitan
Police, that have been accused often of
grave misdeeds. Consequently, the
London Metropolitan Police invited
droves of media agencies and several
statements to justify their jamborees in
the sun, whereby agents visited the far-
flung corners of the Earth with little to
show for their efforts. They even visited
Nigeria three times, and lowly
policemen who had never shaken hands
with their British superiors had dinner
with former President Olusegun
Obasanjo in the deep recesses of Aso
Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Some of the statements were
contradictory; some totally wild and
even insane…”

Source: www.ngrguardiannews.com

Na wa oh! Ibori again, let's wait and see!

Ibori got jokes!
The phucker is going to jail, but he still thinks he has some pride to protect. Is money laundering not corruption? Lol!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/649281_IBORI_jpg18993833b27b7de2c2dd9fed02bbf963

The face of Delta State. Most of the cabinet members are either ex-convicts or standing trial. What a shame!

IBORI: I am a thief sha o, but I didn't plead guilty