The former governor of oil-rich Delta state is accused of stealing funds worth $290m (£196m) by Nigeria's EFCC anti-corruption agency.

He was arrested in Dubai last May and lost an appeal against his extradition.

He has always denied corruption allegations and in 2009, a Nigerian court cleared him of 170 charges.

He is a senior figure in Nigeria's governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) and played a key role in the 2007 presidential election victory of Umaru Yar'Adua, who died last year.

He is accused of transferring stolen public money to banks in the UK.

A London court last year convicted Mr Ibori's wife on related charges.

In 2007 a UK court froze assets allegedly belonging to him worth $35m (£21m). His annual salary was less than $25,000.

He had already left the UK when his assets were seized.

He was first arrested in Nigeria in December 2007.

Under Nigeria's federal system, state governors enjoy wide powers.

Those running oil-rich states have budgets larger than those of some African countries.

They enjoy immunity from prosecution while in power, but several have faced corruption charges since leaving office after the last election in 2007.


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Ibori is definitely going to jail. I pity his children. Father in jail, mother in jail, aunty in jail, father's concubine in jail. Very soon their uncle Uduaghan will be joining their parents in jail. See what greed can do to a family.