James Ibori was a petty criminal who once worked for the DIY store Wickes, but he re-invented himself as one of the richest - and most corrupt - of Nigeria's regional governors.

He was jailed for 13 years after pleading guilty to fraud charges totalling around £50m. He used aid money - much of which came from the UK - to fund a jetset lifestyle.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17740937

Our Judicial System ought to bow their heads in shame, they failed to convict a thief, and the Uk now convicted him and he will be jailed for his crimes. big shame to EFCC, they fail to prosecute big thieves like Ibori and focus on the masses. Its a shame

A shame really. watched the clip hours ago n couldn't help notice the massive scale of this guy's scam. It's a big shame that foriegners have to convict our thiefs for us. He has also confessed defrauding delta state and akwa ibom of their shares in V mobile (amounting to millions of pounds) alongside Victor Attah, erstwhile governor of A/ibom state, yet Vic Attah still walks around a free man in naija. The whole system is a mess.!!

Yes truly it's a disgrace. GEJ should be a noble and brave president to tackle corruption head-on.

Shame on the Nigerian Judiciary system or lack thereof.
Ibori is blameless.
Nigeria breeds peiple like him.

Oil_Cabal: Yes truly it's a disgrace. GEJ should be a noble and brave president to tackle corruption head-on.

GEJ cannot because he's fully involved.

Yeske!:
GEJ cannot because he's fully involved.

... Not only involve,he was born into it,where does he get his PHD from?

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I don't know why Nigerians (especially Nairalanders) love to "Act blissfully ignorant" We continue to have instances where Justice is strangled for the benefit of corrupt, tribalistic and religious bigots. We see them on our TV screens everyday and we step up to argue/discuss and issues in defense of them. it is either GEJ is a bloody thief because someone accused Tinubu of being a reckless thief. We have ministers, criminals, fraudsters who have become Governors, Ministers, Senators, Representatives, CEOs and yet when the topic comes up, rather than recognize that this individual's past/present is marred wicked corruption and criminality, we simply ask for evidence. For example $16 billion was spent on a fanthom Power Project and our famed Political Posters on Nairaland will come up and say "Prove it" they foolishly ignore the fact that $16 billion has left the Federation Accounts and flew into thin air under OBJ's watchful eyes and authorization.

We thrive with corrupt leaders, we love corruption even when we hypocritically try to hide it, it ooozes from every orifice on our bodies.
Otherwise why are we still here doing nothing but complain

Its really shameful, the worst is that no government official has made any public speech on that. No hope for naija

Why should they be ashamed when we the people protect these thieves and hand them over to an imaginary being to mete out justice and punishment.

Tell me how Ngozi could have won, when she is from this type of corrupt country.

kholis: Tell me how Ngozi could have won, when she is from this type of corrupt country.

They don't know its kind of a ripple effect.

The Nigerian judiciary and EFCC are afraid of the likes of Ibori, Uduaghan, Peter Odili, Atiku and Obasanjo. They become very strong when it comes to an ordinary Nigerian. SHAME ON THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY and EFCC

vitality22: The Nigerian judiciary and EFCC are afraid of the likes of Ibori, Uduaghan, Peter Odili, Atiku and Obasanjo. They become very strong when it comes to an ordinary Nigerian. SHAME ON THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY and EFCC

why should they be afraid, why cnt they die for what is right and just. America nd other developed nations sacrificed even to death, for them to attain the level they are today. Even u are u ready to stand for what is right?

bunch of ddevils without conscience...judiciary for naija? Abeg is for sale...its only those that cant pay or dont cooperate on time that get arrested. And yet they want poor Nigerians to subsidize their hard earned money for continous loot...Is God really interested in the affairs of Nigeria? *smh* sadly

The conviction of James Ibori in a UK court is a shame to Nigerians. The EFCC should be scrapped. All judiciary officers in the Ministry of Justice and judges who compromised his trial in Nigeria should be sacked. All the banks involved in the transfer of the looted funds abroad should be sanctioned. The nation's economy will collapse if massive looting of public funds is not controlled.

Abeg count EFCC out, cos they are being frustrated by our corrupt judiciary , remember the Ibori case which the london court tried was built on EFCC charges which the nigeria court throw out for lack of merit

kinguwem: The conviction of James Ibori in a UK court is a shame to Nigerians. The EFCC should be scrapped. All judiciary officers in the Ministry of Justice and judges who compromised his trial in Nigeria should be sacked. All the banks involved in the transfer of the looted funds abroad should be sanctioned. The nation's economy will collapse if massive looting of public funds is not controlled.

Shockingly nothing is said about this case in the corridors of powers in 9ja. The same judges would rule on other cases n d merry go round continues. Its a shame really. I was in London on the day of the trial n was so proud when I heard the news that this thief has been convicted. Proud that I live in a society where justice is upheld no matter who u r or how much u have. Sadly, I remember that I am not from here and that my roots lie in corruption-laden society where there is no solution in sight in the forseeable future

Who knows whose toes Ibori must have stepped on so painfully dat he was disgraced like dis. . .pls no body shld blame d EFCC and Police, dere r monsters more mean dan Ibori in our local governments, Churches, mosques, Schools. . . D truth is Ibori is a stereotype of d typical Nigerian

kinguwem: The conviction of James Ibori in a UK court is a shame to Nigerians. The EFCC should be scrapped. All judiciary officers in the Ministry of Justice and judges who compromised his trial in Nigeria should be sacked. All the banks involved in the transfer of the looted funds abroad should be sanctioned. The nation's economy will collapse if massive looting of public funds is not controlled.

Its been controlled, thats why obasanjo and his likes haven't been caught.

new maonza: Who knows whose toes Ibori must have stepped on so painfully dat he was disgraced like dis. . .pls no body shld blame d EFCC and Police, dere r monsters more mean dan Ibori in our local governments, Churches, mosques, Schools. . . D truth is Ibori is a stereotype of d typical Nigerian

God forbid, me and Ibori no from the same place. That man is from a place called "i have no clue of how to thief" country.

as corrupt as the politicians are, the judicial arms of the government is ten fold worst.

shame on the delta state judge that acquited ibori of more than 100 counts of money laundering and corruption IN NIGERIA. shame on incompetent EFCC. shame on the system called nigeria that vindicates the guilty and destroys the innocent. SHAME, SHAME

The silence of the presidency or governors of both Delta and Akwa Ibom states is deafening. What a shame?

It is very unforrunate dat ibori was a scaoe goat!they are so many criminals in the system.I knw others will not learn cos he didn't played his game very well

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shey d money was stolen from delta state? Where is d official response? I remember uduaghan did thanksgiving for him after our judiciary cleared him in nigeria.

Look, u a considered to be insane if u u are not corrupt in nigeria. What ibori did is the what all of them are doing as we speak. Have u heard any official response? They cant talk. Who will bell the cat? They dont feel threatened either.

Just register on the forum,but will like to say that Nigerians are good at talking about others but forgetting about what evils they are committing secretly,I have been working in delta state for 10 years and whenever the issue's of ibori's embezzlement comes up among my deltan colleagues they will tell you that na his own time to chop their own time will come,that is why I waited patiently to comment on nairaland before making comments.we should all search our conscience as a Nigerian to see whether in our own small way how corrupt we are.Almost every transaction in Nigeria have an element of bribery and corruption,and when we sum all the small small corruption together,it now results to the big masquerade chasing us around.Let's starts to change our ways and lessen our zeal to get rich and know that if you are not destined to be rich you can never be rich on material things but of you are rich in mind and thinking it should be enough.

EFCC has no blame they are not to convict offenders. Judiciary keep throwing out cases on flimsy technical grounds, what can any EFCC do.

ypzilanti: shey d money was stolen from delta state? Where is d official response? I remember uduaghan did thanksgiving for him after our judiciary cleared him in nigeria.

Ibori and uduaghan are from the same grandmother, so the money will still end up in the clan, shikena.