Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Former Governor James Ibori Pleads Guilty

Yes, this is good news, but it would have been a lot "gooder" if these events were happening in Nigeria and not in the UK. The optics and symbolism of our former imperial overlords using corruption in our country to burnish their image by doing what our compromised political and judicial system could not/cannot do is a little unsettling. That said, we'll celebrate these little victories wherever they occur, if they serve to highlight the rot in our political system.

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Okey Ndibe <okndibe@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello, 

There's good news for Nigerians with former Governor James Onanefe Ibori (the self-styled Ogidigborigbo of Africa!) admitting that he was a thief during his governorship. A small consolation for Nigerians outraged by the rampancy and scale of corruption in our space. Isn't it amazing that that Nigerian prosecutors and courts couldn't find one tiny accusation to stick to Ibori. It took UK authorities to finally corner the mercurial thief, and to force him to confess. Left to Nigerian courts, Ibori would have lived happily ever after, feted as one of the PDP's elders! 

See the BBC's report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17181056

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