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The London Metropolitan Police investigating a case of money laundering against former Delta Sttate governor, Chief James Ibori have been accused of bribery and corruption by Mr.BhadreshGohil, a lawyer who represented Ibori.

According to several United Kingdom (UK) newspapers published yesterday, there have been calls for an independent investigation into the bribery allegations leveled against the police. According to the Sunday Times of London, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is currently facing “serious questions” over allegations of bribery that could jeopardise investigations into Ibori’s case.

“ The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is facing serious questions over an alleged cover-up that could jeopadise the high-profile conviction of a billionaire Nigerian politician.

“ The crisis follows the dramatic collapse of a case involving BhadreshGohil, a lawyer who represented James Ibori, a former governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta state. Gohil was cleared at Southward Crown Court last week after the CPS withdrew a charge of perverting the course of justice.

“ Gohil had been accused of leaking fabricated documents to media organizations and MPs on the home affairs select committee. The documents claimed a police officer involved in the Ibori inquiry had received corrupt payments from RISC Management, a private detective agency that worked for Ibori.

“The decision to prosecute Gohil backfired when CPS lawyers were accused of withholding key documents, which could have proved police corruption.”

The Guardian of London also reported that the CPS was accused of suppressing police corruption evidence in what has been called a “misconduct of a particularly serious nature”.

The paper said: “The accusation has been made in the trial of two men charged with fabricating claims of corruption involving Metropolitan police officers. The trial collapsed last Thursday at Southwark crown court in London after senior lawyers at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided to abandon the case. The CPS said new information has come to light, but did not elaborate. It did not comment ibt he allegation of serious misconduct.”

Mr. Gohil has been accused of perverting the course of justice by faking documents to make it look as though, the Metropolitan Police were taking bribes. Gohil, who had already pleaded guilty to a charge of money-laundering said he was trying to expose corruption in the police.

“ I was a whistle-blower and instead of investigating what I had uncovered and put forward, I was persecuted,” he said. In court, defence lawyers had alleged that there was “clear and compelling evidence” of police accepting bribes in return for “unlawfully providing sensitive information” to private detectives. It was also alleged that the police own investigation into the matter was “deliberately designed to find no evidence of corruption and that the prosecution service “deliberately withheld evidence.”

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