James Ibori denies report of UK deportation
- James Ibori has denied being deported from the UK
- The former governor said he returned to Nigeria on his own will
James
Ibori has claimed that he was not deported by the United Kingdom
government contrary to wide speculation when he returned to the country.
The former governor of Delta state was imprisoned for corruption related offences and was released in December 2016.
Prior to his return to the country, Ibori appeared
before a court for his forfeiture trial fueling speculation that he was
forcefully evicted from the UK.
Daily Post reports that Ibori spoke
through Tony Eluemunor who is his media assistant insisted that he was
not deported but chose to return to Nigeria at his own time.
“Ibori
wishes to correct the impression created by some news reports that he
was deported from the UK. Even though I had wanted to publicise my
return to Nigeria so that wrong meanings would not be read into the
public interest.
“I knew what my presence in Nigeria would
elicit, and also because I never wanted any crowd that would gather
because of me to disturb a single Nigerian in the course of their
duties, all my efforts to keep the trip secret failed. The airline that
brought me into Nigeria is public knowledge.
“So, it would be easy to verify that I
was not deported because the deporting country’s officials would always
hand over deportees to the Nigerian Immigration officials and documents
would also be exchanged. Those who have chosen to report lies, and claim
that I was deported know that no document exists anywhere in the world
to back up those malicious claims.”
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