Nigerians In London Witness The Ibori Trial

The Court 8 of the Southwark County court, South East London, was almost filled to capacity. At the venue of the Ibori trial, one could see the expectations on the face of Nigerians.

Majority of the Nigerians present said they turned up to witness the case as advised by the Nigeria Liberty Forum, a pro-democracy group based in the UK.

Kennedy Ugwuamma said; “I am here to quietly but peacefully show my disgust against Ibori’s accomplices.”

His Honour, Judge Hardy came in at about 10.06 am and immediately set out to business.

The names of the accused were called and three ladies, later identified as Ibori-Ibie Christine .O, Pogoson Adebimpe F and Onuigbo Udoamaka were ushered into the dock. In particular, Ms. Onuigbo appeared to have lost a lot of weight, unlike her previous appearances. The trio had a subdued look.

There was silence at the public gallery in which the Nigerian spectators sat, except for the murmur of “Awon Ole,” which is Yoruba for ‘these thieves!’ from a middle aged Nigerian lady. The trio were admitted on bail by the court, with counsel to Ibori-Ibie putting forward arguments for restrictions on media reporting of the case.

A lot of the time was spent on requesting a sanction on the reportage of the proceedings. The argument did not go down well with those of us in the public gallery. After a long argument and counter argument, the Judge gave a ruling barring media publications “to prevent prejudice/contempt of court.”

Intimidating presence

The drama of the whole event was when a lady, who claimed to be a family of the Iboris, came to the public gallery and rained curses on imaginary enemies, wondering loudly: “what is the business of you people (Nigerians) in London to come to court? Na only Ibori steal money?” Defence lawyer for Ms Ibori-Ibie, Andrew Trollope complained about the “intimidating presence” of Nigerians in the court and vowed to move for restrictions on attendance.

The case is expected to go on for days but, from all indications, the accused were jolted with the presence of Nigerians and could barely look up to where members of the public sat.

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LOL there will always be that one person.

Good, @least if Nigeria can't prosecute her "thieves", let other countries do it for her.

Ibori's female aides in London court over money laundering



The money laundering trial involving the female aides of the former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori, began yesterday at the Southwark Crown Court, London around 10am. The aides reportedly helped him move an estimated £70 million worth of looted funds through several London banks,

Bimpe Pogoson, Ibori’s former personal assistant on confidential matters, and Christie Ibori-Ibie, his sister, were charged in December 2007 on three counts of conspiring “together with James Onanefe Ibori, Udoamaka Onuigbo (also known as Okoronkwo) and others to defraud the Delta State Government”.

The charge sheet also stated that Ms. Ibori-Ibie “attempted, dishonestly, to obtain for herself or another, a money transfer of £1,075,890 from four different companies, between July 2001 and April 2006”. She is therefore answering to five of eight charges,

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While I'm happy these rapscallions are being tried i'm not quite sure the punishment they'll get if eventually found guilty will measure up to their deeds.

I only hope they get right punishment 4 their crimes,as 4 d lady from ibori's family who said na only him steal money! What people like her deserve is to be locked up in a mental institution.

hmmm

i hope and pray they sentence the useless women to life in prison, and most of their days should be spent in temperature of -50 degrees

Na wa for all these Money Launderers self, why not bury the money for your farm yard? Nonsense!!
UK can tear the aides apart for all I care. Rubbish!!
And even Ibori himself nko, Barawo!!

See vex!!!

Ask them and lets see what they have to say about it.

Almighty God will Bless Abundantly all the good Nigerians waging war Against Corruption
This is just the begining for THE ROGUES
The rogues will be disgraced at home amd abroad and in their graves,if they will have one
Thanks a lot to the great organisers
One former bank chief still in London-Let him go and face EFCC then he can come back for" holiday"/"asylum"
Millions of Nigerians are all over the world
To survive
Bad ROADS,nO LIGHT,NO FOOD,NO JOBS,NO SECURITY,
but Ibori and other looters they enjoy
Buy houses all over the world
The land flowing for milk and honey is now flowing with tears and pains

Na na na wa ohh

Is the venue Southwark Crown Court or County Court?
Lemme go and see James Ibori(the saviour of the Niger-Delta region).

this is just the beginning of another saga from a country already filled with uncountable Drama

but this time Onanafe ibori is the main actor, and also starring bimpe pogoson,Ibori-ibie Christienne and introducing oniugbo Udoamaka as Okonronkwo while am always a

Spectator.

Venue:court 8 of couthwack county club,south east London.

Am Spell bound to this, happy viewing

so what do you suggest- fold our hands until someone (NOT you, I, my relations or friends) else takes ALL of them at the SAME time and cleans up
I thought a journey of a thousand miles starts with just one little step
If someone starts with his enemies while in power, the next person will also start with his own enemy and gradually people will appreciate it's better to live clean for everyone's benefit, as oyibos learnt a few centuries ago.