Ibori ‘British and Nigerian governments conspired to jail ex-governor,’ Aide claims
Tony Eluemunor, the Head of Ibori’s Media Office, made the allegations via a statement.
An aide to former Delta State Governor, James Ibori has claimed that the British and Nigerian governments conspired to imprison Ibori and his associates.
Tony Eluemunor, the Head of Ibori’s Media Office, made the allegations via a statement.
It reads:
Chief
James Onanaefe Ibori’s defence lawyers shocked the Southwark Court,
London on Wednesday 10th February 2016, when they adduced evidence
before Judge Tomlinson of a conspiracy between Nigeria and Britain to
railroad Ibori and his associates into jail.
A
thoroughly disappointed Judge Tomlinson refused to adjourn hearing to
another day but issued an order by 12.30 pm that the Prosecution should
be in court by 2pm as the matter at hand, professional misconduct,
dishonesty, perverting the course of justice and criminal
non-disclosures, lying to the trial court and Court of Appeal, were
serious and urgent.
This time, the hunters have
become the hunted and Ibori’s defence team were the accusers while
Ibori’s erstwhile accusers and prosecutors were the accused.
Pointedly,
two prosecutors; Sasha Wass and Esther Schutzer-Weissmann were not only
at the end of finger-pointing, and have been dismissed from the Ibori
case, their activities are now being challenged in court for grounds on
which to upturn all the convictions – Ibori’s and his associates’.
In
fact, all the prosecution lawyers plus the entire police officers that
have represented the British Police have been dismissed from the Iboir
case and all other cases stemming from it – following allegations of
corruption against them; lies and deliberate misleading of the court.
Yet,
the worst charge so far against the British prosecution came when the
court resumed by 2 pm as counsel to Ibori’s former lawyer, Badresh
Gohil, dropped the bombshell.
The Counsel, Mr.
Kamish, stunned the court when he revealed a sinister conspiracy between
Nigeria and Britain to railroad Ibori and associates into jail. He
backed this up by pointing at a document signed by British and Nigerian
governments agreeing that the Department for International Development
will be paid 25 million Pounds Sterling from monies that will be
confiscated from Ibori, before any penny is ever remitted to Nigeria.
With
that document in place, that Department became so aggressive as to
start paying the salaries of some police investigators on the Ibori
case, especially that of Dectective Constable, John McDonald.
Wednesday’s
hearing was at the request of Ibori’s lawyers for the prosecution to
explain their non-compliance with court orders made to ensure fair as
opposed to unfair trial. Mr. Kenneth Talbot represented Ibori while
Kamish stood for Gohil.
The case was adjourned to
8th March 2016, to enable the Prosecution appoint new counsels as the
old ones that have handled the Ibori case since the beginning have now
been tainted and dropped and may be facing investigations of corruption
and legal perversity.
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