Press statement
Chief James Onanaefe Ibori’s defence lawyers shocked the Southwark Court, London on Wednesday 10thFebruary 2016, when they adduced evidence before Judge Tomlinson of a conspiracy between Nigeria and Britain to railroad Ibori and his associates into jail.
Mr. Tony Eluemunor, Head of Ibori Media Office, said in a press statement that that evidence was the highlight ofWednesday’s court proceedings which was delayed for hours because the London Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, suddenly turned lukewarm and refused to appear in court for the day’s hearing. A thoroughly disappointed Judge Tomlinson refused to adjourn hearing to another day but issued an order by 12.30 pm that the Prosecution should be in court by 2pm as the matter at hand, professional misconduct, dishonesty, perverting the course of justice and criminal non-disclosures, lying to the trial court and Court of Appeal, were serious and urgent. This time, the hunters have become the hunted and Ibori’s defence team were the accusers while Ibori’s erstwhile accusers and prosecutors were the accused.
Pointedly, two prosecutors; Sasha Wass and Esther Schutzer-Weissmann were not only at the end of finger-pointing, and have been dismissed from the Ibori case, their activities are now being challenged in court for grounds on which to upturn all the convictions – Ibori’s and his associates’. In fact, all the prosecution lawyers plus the entire police officers that have represented the British Police have been dismissed from the Iboir case and all other cases stemming from it – following allegations of corruption against them; lies and deliberate misleading of the court.
Yet, the worst charge so far against the British prosecution came when the court resumed by 2 pm as counsel to Ibori’s former lawyer, Badresh Gohil, dropped the bombshell. The Counsel, Mr. Kamish, stunned the court when he revealed a sinister conspiracy between Nigeria and Britain to railroad Ibori and associates into jail. He backed this up by pointing at a document signed by British and Nigerian governments agreeing that the Department for International Development will be paid 25 million Pounds Sterling from monies that will be confiscated from Ibori, before any penny is ever remitted to Nigeria. With that document in place, that Department became so aggressive as to start paying the salaries of some police investigators on the Ibori case, especially that of Dectective Constable, John McDonald.
Wednesday’s hearing was at the request of Ibori’s lawyers for the prosecution to explain their non-compliance with court orders made to ensure fair as opposed to unfair trial. Mr. Kenneth Talbot represented Ibori while Kamish stood for Gohil.
The case was adjourned to 8th March 2016, to enable the Prosecution appoint new counsels as the old ones that have handled the Ibori case since the beginning have now been tainted and dropped and may be facing investigations of corruption and legal perversity.
Signed:
Tony Eluemunor
Head, Ibori Media Office
Let them go. We are tired!!!!! Arrogance is too much, they are this and that. I hope u people have enuogh food this time. U guys have not settled yourself and u want to become a country. I laugh very hard! Already there is a big discord btw massob and Bzm. Put your house in order! Quit this victim mentality. Your brothers and state government has done the greatest injustice to you people, is it the insecurity in the east or the deplorable infrastructure. You don’t even have a sea port and even the proposed onitsha seaport can only take small cargo. It is not a main port like lagos and porthacourt. Meaning u will still be dependent. The five south east zones are majorly landlocked wiv terrible erosion problem! U people should better think before embarking on rubbish. Your own brothers will sabotage the whole succession. U think if u break up u can be doing business anyhow in the south! U think your houses and businesses are safe in the south-west or south-south? You become a foreigner and ull be treated as such! People from other regions accomodate u because of the 1-nigeria slogan, become a country and ul no what bh boys did to the igbos in the north was childs play.Hmmmmn! This so called zionist Are just there to chop money from f.G. Looking for compensation! Selfish bastards. They are thinking of becoming presidents and governors in the new country. Uwazurike was there and did worse now the man is calm, how many igbos truly want to live? go and tell the igbos in the national assembly and the ones that have property everywhere that they should join the struggle and “Receive a dirty slap” tsheeeeew! Una no see war na why una body dey hot! Na jobless people dey do all this thing because they have nothing to loose. By the way, if they say they want to go, please let them go! And linda pls post my comment!