The UK has agreed to return an additional £6.8m to
Nigeria from the money seized from jailed ex-Governor of Delta State,
Chief James Ibori.
This was revealed by UK Metropolitan Police Senior Investigator, Mr. Rupert Broad, yesterday November 4th in London according to a report by NAN. Out of the £8 million confiscated from Ibori, £1.2 million had so far been returned to Nigeria.
There
are reports that an additional £80 million has been temporarily seized
and a confiscation hearing has been fixed for April 2015 before the
judge decides exactly how much was stolen out of the £80 million and
then return to Nigeria
Ibori who is still serving a jail sentence was sentenced by the British Southcrown Court in April 2012 for
13 years after being convicted for fraud and money laundering. and some other charges.