[size=14pt]Fallout of controversial court judgment: Ibori eyes presidency[/size]
• National Daily's exclusive cover story affirmed as court squashes Ibori's case

By ZUBI NWANLIOGU

FORMER governor of Delta State James Onanefe Ibori is no doubts Nigeria's Christmas boy.
The tall and handsome debonair who rose from an obscure wanna-be politician to become the godfather of so many Nigeria's politicos and ipso factor the avant-garde of the troubled Niger Delta region maybe looking for the world famous Santa Claus to collaborate with him in singing the hilarious carol in celebration of his escape from the stranglehold of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

But has the foxy and astute politician from Oghara in Ethiope local government council of Delta State escaped from the scandal associated with his alleged financial crime and the impediment to his burgeoning political career?
Political observers who are abreast with Nigeria's democratic history may not be very much surprised that last week Ibori was seemingly left of the hook by an Asaba High Court that quashed the 170-count charges against him based on adjudged legal technicalities raising an outcry that the substance of the case was never addressed by the prosecution and defense council.

Critical observers believe that the Asaba High Court and the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Michael Aaondoakaa, deliberately relied on the loopholes created in the Ibori case to give their favourite politician a clean bill and subsequently assist in projecting his much taunted agenda to become the Vice President under a northern President and ultimately the President after the north must have completed its term in 2015 according to the zoning formula.

Ibori had uncompromisingly nursed a dream to become the President of Nigeria. His ambition did not sprout from the cradle of his political pedigree. It all started when he became the governor of one of the states of the oil rich Niger Delta. The revenue that accrued to him as a result of the principle of national resources and the stupendous monies he allegedly made from business activities in the region made him not only wealthy but an Economic and political beautiful bride.

National Daily sources disclosed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo considered Ibori as the real Capone of the Niger Delta politics despite the fact that former Bayelsa State governor, Diepriye Alamieyeseigha is from the Ijaw ethnic Nationality which is perceived as the nadir of the Niger Delta region.

http://nationaldailyngr.com/cover.htm

Anything's possible. If the likes of IBB can join the race, i see no reason why Ibori should be an exception.

Now that all ex-convicts are eyeing the presidential sit,na wao:
ibori- ex convict
bafarawa- convict
orji kalu- ex convict
obj- ex convict
ibb- awaitin trial
gusau- awaitin trial

Pourquoi pas? it's not like voting counts for crap anyway in this country.

na wah o, this country is like a bad dream. With a 150 million people acting as if they are all remote controlled.

Eyes Presidency?. . . . . .The King of the jungle wants the presidency
Let's see how its goes.

~Bluetooth:

Now that all ex-convicts are eyeing the presidential sit,na wao:
ibori- ex convict
bafarawa- convict
orji kalu- ex convict
obj- ex convict
ibb- awaitin trial
gusau- awaitin trial

Ever hed of The CABALS, Here they are

Make u na leave dis man alone!had it been we ave five people like him in dis country dis country will be like U.S

I would have said it's impossible.

But haven read that the budget was signed by the in-coma-rumored president and nothing happened

then anything is possible in the Nigeria - Banana Rep.

Only in Nigeria

@poster
Bajooooo! Level 25 news.

~Bluetooth:

Now that all ex-convicts are eyeing the presidential sit,na wao:
ibori- ex convict
bafarawa- convict
orji kalu- ex convict
obj- ex convict
ibb- awaitin trial
gusau- awaitin trial

You left out [b]Thief [/b]Lucky Igbinedion - convict