In Equatorial Guinea there's the case of Teodorin Obiang which begins today in Paris.
According to this morning's Dagens Nyheter, "Obiang is not expected to appear at the trial, nor serve his sentence if convicted. One of his lawyers announced that Obiang "has always said that he earned the money legally in their country".
If he can show that he made the money legally in his country then he has nothing to worry about. I expect his kind hearted countrymen to pray that he will share the money with some of the poor people in his Equatorial Guinea
On Saturday, 24 December 2016 16:04:05 UTC+1, ogunlakaiye wrote:
Chidi, there are two types of thieves in Nigeria. Usually, one type of thieve is condemned to mob justice, death sentence or incarceration, while the other type is celebrated. The first type belongs to pick-pockets while the second type belongs to government and parastatal officials. Since the days of Ibrahim Babangida, Nigerians have been indoctrinated to believe that stealing (government) money meant to provide potable water, electricity, standard housing, standard hospitals, schools for children, good and safety roads, refine crude oil and defend citizens against terrorism by officials, is not theft. That is why those who steal from our collective patrimony is celebrated by those who think that it will be their turn one day to be appointed, selected, elected or employed in the system of turn-by-turn stealing of money appropriated to provide for the common good of all Nigerians.
Although Ibori was convicted in Britain, he was however, convicted because of the political differences between him and the government in Nigeria then.... - Chidi Opara.
It is untrue that James Onanefe Ibori was convicted in Britain because of his political differences with the Nigerian government headed by Goodluck Jonathan. Of all the 23 Governors that were arraigned and prosecuted in courts for treasury looting after the expiration of their immunities in 2007, only the cases of Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State and James Ibori were concluded till date. It is on record that Lucky Igbinedion pleaded guilty to looting 5 billion naira from Edo State and Justice Abdullahi Kafarati offered him an option of 3.5 million naira fine!!
James Onanefe Ibori was first arrested on 12 December 2007, at Kwara State Lodge, Abuja, where he was given sanctuary by Saraki, then Governor of Kwara State. He pleaded not guilty and was granted bail. On 17 December 2009, Asaba Federal High Court presided over by Justice Marcel Awokulehin, discharged and acquitted James Onanefe Ibori of all the 170 charges of theft of Public funds, abuse of office, money laundry etc. In 2007, Ibori bribed the EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, with $15 million, which Ribadu deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria as exhibit.
With regards to the trial of Ibori in Britain, the London Metropolitan Police began to take interest in Ibori in 2005 after coming across a purchase order for a private jet he made through his London solicitor. The London Police found out that Ibori had six different accounts in Barclays Bank, two in City Bank and several others in Channel Island where he listed his four months old baby as director in one of the companies. All in all, Ibori had laundered £250 million stolen from the Delta State in London. In 2010, Ibori travelled to Dubai, where most Nigerian treasury looters have invested stolen money which could have been used to produce thrice the beauty of Dubai in Nigeria, to check his properties there, unaware that the British police were trailing him. Britain applied to the UAE for repatriation of Ibori to London and secured it. At his trial, the prosecutor revealed that Ibori came to London late in the 1980s and was earning an annual income of £15,000 at Wickes Store in Ruislip. Ibori was, however, caught by his employer for allowing his wife, Theresa, for walking through the till he was manning without paying for the goods. They both pleaded guilty and were convicted at the Crown court of Isleworth on January 25, 1991. A year later, 7 February 1992, Ibori was again convicted at the Clerkenwell Magistrate Court for possessing stolen credit card. Ibori returned to Nigeria in 1993 and took refuge under Abacha. When Ibori was in London his date of birth, according to his passport, was 4 August 1962 but when he was repatriated from Dubai, his passport showed that he was born on August 4, 1958. His newly chosen date of birth made him just one month younger than his only surviving sister, Christine Ibori-Ibie, born of the same mother. The prosecution and conviction of Ibori in London had nothing to do with his political differences with Jonathan's government. In fact, charged along with Ibori in London on April 11, 2011 were Victor Obong Attah, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, David Edevbie, a former principal secretary to Umaru Yar'Adua, Love Ojekovo, a former commissioner of Finance in Ibori's government and Henry Imasheka, a business associate of Ibori. In addition to that, it should not be forgotten that D. S.P. Alamieyeseigha, and Joshua Dariye were also prosecuted in Britain but they jumped bail. When Fawehinmi took the case of eligibility of Ibori as a governor to the High Court in Nigeria because he was convicted by an Abuja magistrate court for theft in 1995, the case was dismissed because, according to the judge, it could not be proved that the convicted Ibori was the same as the governor. That is Nigeria.
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Ämne: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's QuoteCan't you all see that these posts point to the fact that the celebration of thieves in Nigeria is becoming systemic and that the problem should be tackled from that angle?--
CAO.
On Friday, 23 December 2016 10:44:04 UTC+1, Samuel Oloruntoba wrote:So what is your argument? A rationalisation? A justification of this shameless act, whether is Lagos or Delta? Methink self acclaimed civil rights activists like you should be clear on where they stand on issues that bothers on decency and integrity
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi...@gmail.com> wrote:
The people celebrating James Ibori are his people and they are doing so because other thieves in Nigeria are being celebrated by their own people. Although Ibori was convicted in Britain, he was however, convicted because of the political differences between him and the people in government in Nigeria then, but this should not be taken to mean that he was innocent.
CAO.
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