Ibori Re-arrested After Release In London

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Shortly after former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori was released from a London prison, where he served his term for corruption, he was re-arrested by authorities in the United Kingdom.

It was gathered that Ibori became a free man on January 22, 2016, but was again arrested.

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He was said to have been apprehended again for an offence bordering on the confiscation of his ill-gotten assets, estimated to be in the region of £250 million and the matter is billed to come up in June this year.

It is however not clear where the former governor is being held.

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Some of his loyalists were already preparing a grand return for him in Nigeria, but this latest development may have dealt a big blow on such plans.

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