Admin l Wednesday, December 21, 2016
LONDON – Former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori who has been under incarceration in the United Kingdom for money laundering has been released from prison.
He was released having served his jail term in the UK. He has however been confined to house arrest.
Press Officer to UK Home Office, Richard Mellor said the Royal of Justice Court in London today ruled that the former Delta State governor be released following the completion of his conviction on money-laundering charges.
He said the former will henceforth be restricted to a flat on Abbey Road in the St. John’s Wood area of London, pending removal proceedings and a confiscation hearing scheduled to begin next month.
In the meantime, Mr. Ibori is required to report to a police station in Croydon and will be considered an absconder and tagged with an electronic bracelet if he fails to do so.
