Reports out of London on Wednesdayindicate that convicted former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, has been released from custody after completing a 13-year jail term.
Private radio, Ray Power FM, said in a news update on Wednesday afternoon that Mr. Ibori, a former governor of Delta State, was released following a court order that declined a British government's request for an extension of his prison remand.
Although his spokesman, Tony Eluemunor, declined to confirm the development to PREMIUM TIMESWednesdayafternoon
Mr. Ibori was jailed on April 17, 2012, for 13 years. That was the third time the former governor, described as a thief in Government House, got sentenced for theft in London.
He is alleged to have stolen more than $250 million from the treasury of the oil-rich Delta State, plunging even more of his people into abject poverty and deprivation. The ex-governor is expected to be prosecuted by the anti-graft EFCC when he returns to Nigeria
