Date Published: 12/18/09
PRESS RELEASE
Ibori: No Respite yet for A Plunderer
The judgment of His Lordship Justice Awokulehin today, 17 December 2009 in the case of stealing and money laundering against James Onanefe Ibori, a former Governor of Delta state did not come as a surprise. The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders saw it coming and we made all efforts to let the poor people of Nigeria, and indeed the pauperized people of Delta State whose money Ibori and his cohorts shamelessly plundered get justice.
The signs of the incipient miscarriage of justice were unmistakable:
- Moving the case against Ibori from Kaduna Federal High court to Asaba;
- Glorification of fraud by establishing a special friendly court in favour of the accused felon in Asaba;
- Diplomatic abracadabra to pervert the course of justice in England in the case of money laundering against Ibori’s accomplices;
- Acceptance of unholy gift of buildings from Ibori’s accomplices to house the Asaba Division of the Federal High Court and its judge in Asaba;
- The brazen comtemptious bravado of Ibori’s agents in claiming judicial victory, even before the case against their principal was determined;
- The list of the judicial bad omen is unending.
We in CACOL nevertheless have an unflinching faith in the judiciary. We shall not go to sleep until the case gets to the pinnacle of our judicial system where we hope men and women of honour and virtue will look at the case again and give the hopeless man on the street Asaba a hope to live for.
Meanwhile we are studying the contents of the ruling and shall make comprehensive response to it soon.
Debo Adeniran
Executive Chairman
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www.deboadeniran.blogspot.com
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