kevins ndeobi:

BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS MAN POSITIVELY AFFECTED THE LIFE OF MANY PEOPLE ?

ogb5: Happy Bithday to Ibori.

Believe it or not, Ibori remains the best governor Delta state has had since her creation in 1991.

Love him or hate him, you can't take that away from him.

But, why do people from other states hate Ibori so much.
He was governor of Delta state, not that of your state, so give chance to delta indegenes to celebrate their best governor.
You can go and kill your thieving governors instead of coming here to cry over other people's governor.

Tell your governors to work, when they leave office, no matter the travails they pass through, people will remeber their efforts and actions and celebrate them, just as we are doing to Ibori today.

Ibori stepped on GEJ toes, and he was crushed by federal might and international conspiracy, simple. There are bigger thieves in Nigeria walking free compared to Ibori.

Once again Happy Birthday to Ibori, The odidigborigbo of Africa

Iriruaga100: Tell me any governor past n present that is nt a thief?even saint fashola n oshiomhole hide under the name of tax payers money.so what are they using federal allocation to do?The people of oghara will continue to celebrate ibori because of the infrastructural developement he brought to their doorstep.The roads he constructed in oghara is better than d one mr tax payers money is working said he built in edo.Am tired of d SW people,we in d SS should develop our ports n economy to suit d present trend of today world.

PDPwayoo:

May God deliver u from ignorance and mystery. I wonder why u chose NL as an avenue to display your foolishness.

funkybaby: And to think that the "thanksgiving service" is going to hold in a church

Really sad!

mens dept: Who mounted that sign and who's behind it? Maybe England needs to go to "Delta" state and arrest these men and women behind this nonsense. These associates may also be involved with the thief called IBORI.

Black vampire: Birthday for a known thief:...when will our people learn..always celebratin corruption..wish i had liver like a muslim i wud hav gone to blow up dat place...bunch of thievies

ono: At times like these when greed is the order of the day, the norm with almost ''all'' politicians since we gained ''independence'' from military rulers in 1999, poor Nigerians that you see on the street barely knows what message you're trying to pass across when you ''preach'' about corruption.

Let me explain. The ''average'' Nigerian have been so ''impoverished'' that the availability of essential infrastructure to help him cope with everyday living is seen as a ''blessing'' - not a right, or something they should hold their leaders accountable to. So, when a government focus attention on infrastructural and human capacity development like James Ibori did in his own little way, he's hailed as a demi-god. What I'm saying is that you need to understand the angle these people are coming from. Perhaps in the future when Nigerians (I am NOT referring to those living in the US, UK and elsewhere, who are the more exposed and experienced ones and who can see things better than the average naija man at home) know better, then, they can better appreciate what needs be done.

Ibori's government focused on two major sectors of the state development during his time as governor: Education and Infrastructure. These were the areas that had the greatest impact at grassroot levels across the state. I will leave out civil service, remunerations (that was the best in the country under his watch), health and another big one: Sports development (will be nice to group this with infrastructure). He had a goal and focus and he achieved it - despite all the setbacks. For those of us who were in the state at the time, we saw with our own eyes how government worked in Delta state.

It isn't all about the monies spent on any project. It is the heart this man had to help alleviate the sufferings of the poor masses in Delta state. This is because, if you look at things in proper perspective, may of the governors in the country aren't really accountable to those who vote them in. I mean, how would you go about ''bringing your government to book'' when you can barely afford 3 meals a day? - the lot of many Nigerians. So, when they have one who's willing to work for the good of the masses, would you blame them for embracing him? The delta areas require more funds for capital projects to be properly executed than most parts of the country because of their terrain. So, the amount you spend putting up a kilometer of road in other parts of the country could be 3 or 4 times that value in the delta. Maybe this was what informed his foray into ''resource control terrain''. And so, Bomadi bridge - that bridge that linked the Ijaw areas of the state (and indeed, even Ijaws in nearby Bayelsa state) to the upland was so dear to all the Ijaws in the country that even when Ibori is dead and long gone, that bridge will make them immortalize him. As a matter of fact, Ibori was named the deputy Governor-general of the entire Ijaw nation because of this project.

If you follow what you read in the pages of newspapers as your gospel truth, you will be misled. Do a thorough investigation. Weigh issues in a balanced and logical manner. Try and be reasonable, and you will be a better person for that.

akpomeme:
Shut up. We all are deltans and have lived in the state forever. Preach that to the dogs.

Ifykns: Happy Birthday to my able formal Governor. D man wit the big heart. A true son of Delta. The man who touched so many lives in Delta state and beyond. A true legend. I cant wait to see my man in Delta state. May God be wit u. Odidigborigbo 1 of Africa . Go come your office dey wait for you.

Henry praise:

On the contrary, its deltans that will deport yorubas n lagosians n dump dem in bar beach or their cocoa farms.

Ibori is not a governor of paper works: lemme buttress my point by just talkin on the educational angle: before 1999, we had only delsu, pti n college of edu as known schs, after 2003, we have mid western, ogharan ogwashuku, ufuoma. Ozoro. Sch of nursin, fupre, sch of marine n many more, though sum of dem were existing but ibori renovated dia dilapidated structures and sensitise d public abt dem, I remember how uniben, unilag, uniport, esut, imsu n odas were chasing is deltans out of dia sch, coupled wit high sch fees n how they labelled deltans cultist, ibori whipped our tears n honestly were u not jealous at how early ur deltan sch mates got their bursary paid? (Dats if u ever went to sch)

I have my grudges against Ibori but he is a force to reckon wit, dnt tel me abt fashola, talk to be abt tinubu, alao, fayose, tell me abt wat des pple did? I guess u av paper work to show me.

Leave Delta state from ur bigotry least we deport ur imbeciles workin at egtl, chevron, forcados etc. N FYI d deltans in yoruba lands really wish dey were home ask dem.

Happy birthday to d living, let the dead Abiola(ITT thief) and Awolowo(Maniac) rot in dia graves.

HBD JAMES IBORI ONANEFE

Gamesmart: If Nigeria was a sane country, locals would have openly or secretly pour kerosene on that billboard and set it alight.

Never again would the company owning the billboard dare allow such slap on the face of the people.

bulletproofmonk: Because Anini was renowned for spraying some of his looted stash for market women makes him a legend too,abi? SOme of us are equally as guilty as the leaders we have.
James Ibori who used Delta State's shares in Oceanic Bank to secure a loan from Intercontinental Bank, to buy Willbros(for N44b) which became Ascot, is now a Legend WTF With his cronies like Henry Imasekha,Joseph Penawou,Joey Obue etc.,they wrecked Ascot until all staff were disengaged. Retirement and pension benefits were embezzled, some vendors went bankrupt, Intercontinental Bank was exposed financially etc.
James Ibori,however white you try to paint him, is a criminal who deserves LIFE in jail!

ogb5:

No sane man will destroy that bill board where it is installed.

People like who know nothing think you know something. Sit down let me educate you a little.

That community where the billboard is now installed has 1 secondary health centre in form of state owned general hospital and 1 tertiary health centre in form the state owned university teaching hospital. They have a state owned polythechnic and a private university.

They have hundreds of km or tarred roads with solar powered street lights.

They also have a stadium and the nigerian navy has a tactical data center there. All these are courtesy of 1 man, you guessed right, IBORI.

So once again, no sane man from that community can destroy that bill board.

Van snickers: You Fools deserve the Bad leaders you have.