According to reports, on Tuesday, a London High court had ruled that the Home Office could no longer hold the ex-governor who had served six-and-a-half-years of his 13-year jail term, as the
sentence ran concurrently. Ibori was subsequently released on Wednesday morning.
The British Home Office had made an unsuccessful attempt to prevent his release, claiming that Ibori’s assets confiscation hearing was inconclusive.However, on Wednesday, the presiding Judge, Mrs. Justice May, who heard an emergency appeal filed by Ibori to enforce his rights, rejected the Home Office’s request to continue to detain him.in her ruling, Justice May ordered his immediate release without conditions attached. It was however gathered that the ex-governor has to report to the Police once a week, hence his inability to return to Nigeria immediately.Meanwhile, Ibori has appealed his conviction for money laundering and graft.
The British Home Office had made an unsuccessful attempt to prevent his release, claiming that Ibori’s assets confiscation hearing was inconclusive.However, on Wednesday, the presiding Judge, Mrs. Justice May, who heard an emergency appeal filed by Ibori to enforce his rights, rejected the Home Office’s request to continue to detain him.in her ruling, Justice May ordered his immediate release without conditions attached. It was however gathered that the ex-governor has to report to the Police once a week, hence his inability to return to Nigeria immediately.Meanwhile, Ibori has appealed his conviction for money laundering and graft.
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