– Tony Eluemunor said the £1 compensation that UK awarded the former governor was because of the damages that the country caused to his image
– Eluemunor has ascribed Ibori’s detention in the UK to political persecutions he faced both in Nigeria and Britain
– He said the forensic evidence presented against him there has nothing to do with the theft from Delta state.
Tony Eluemunor, media aide to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state, said UK Court has declared him a victim of detention.
Eluemunor made this known on Monday, May 24.
He said £1 compensation that UK awarded the former governor was because of the damages that the country caused to his image.
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Eluemunor revealed this in a statement on Tuesday, May 23, that Ibori’s human rights had been violated.
He said Ibori’s detention in the UK is as a result of political persecutions he faced both in Nigeria and Britain, the Cable reports.
“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 – again Chief Ibori was victimised and oppressed by the UK government ,” the statement read.
“At issue here is that Ibori’s human rights had been violated, but stretched significantly further, that detention is part of the long list of political persecutions he has faced both in Nigeria and Britain.
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“The judge could make no findings of any theft from Delta state. The sums alleged to have been stolen have now apparently dwindled down to £17m, the last amount widely mentioned last December instead of the other wild figures routinely mouthed.
”In fact, the forensic evidence presented against him there has nothing to do with the theft from Delta state.
“Many newspapers unwittingly fell victim of media manipulation when they followed the cue of a London evening newspaper to leave the essence of the judgment – the illegalities Ibori suffered in the London trial – and focused on trivialities.”
ZENITHBLOG.com recalls that the former governor of Delta James Ibori state had been compensated for his unlawful detention by a court in United Kingdom.
ZENITHBLOG.com reports that Ibori was awarded £1 (N408) as compensation for his detention in UK.
The former governor who ought to be released on December 20, 2016, but was held by the immigration service for two days
The judge, Justice Cheema-Grubb, ruled that Ibori was unlawfully held for a day, 18 hours and 10 minutes after was supposed to be released.
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