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Former Delta governor, James Ibori says instead of focusing on his “victimisation and oppression” by the UK government, attention was given to the “frivolous” £1 compensation awarded to him by a London court.
Tony Eluemunor, media aide of former Governor, James Ibori, stated this in a statement on Tuesday, that his principal's human rights had been violated.
On Monday, a UK court awarded Ibori a nominal £1 (about N400) as damages over his claim of unlawful detention by Amber Rudd, British home secretary.
He ascribed Ibori’s detention in the UK to a “long list of political persecutions he has faced both in Nigeria and Britain.”
Ibori’s media aide said it was important to note that the court could not make findings of any theft from Delta.
“The reports of some media outfits focused on the frivolous and disdained the serious mocking the £1, nominal damage. In doing so, they missed the obvious – how again Chief Ibori was victimised and oppressed by the UK government and how a British high court found in his favour and maligned the British Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) failures,” the statement read.
He, therefore, said Ibori’s appeal against his conviction will soon commence at the court of appeal.
Eluemunor added that the former governor’s lawyers have evidence that what Ibori faced was political persecution and not a legal prosecution.
- The Cable
Tony Eluemunor, media aide of former Governor, James Ibori, stated this in a statement on Tuesday, that his principal's human rights had been violated.
On Monday, a UK court awarded Ibori a nominal £1 (about N400) as damages over his claim of unlawful detention by Amber Rudd, British home secretary.
He ascribed Ibori’s detention in the UK to a “long list of political persecutions he has faced both in Nigeria and Britain.”
Ibori’s media aide said it was important to note that the court could not make findings of any theft from Delta.
“The reports of some media outfits focused on the frivolous and disdained the serious mocking the £1, nominal damage. In doing so, they missed the obvious – how again Chief Ibori was victimised and oppressed by the UK government and how a British high court found in his favour and maligned the British Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) failures,” the statement read.
He, therefore, said Ibori’s appeal against his conviction will soon commence at the court of appeal.
Eluemunor added that the former governor’s lawyers have evidence that what Ibori faced was political persecution and not a legal prosecution.
- The Cable
