James Ibori arrives Abuja, whisked to unknown destination
*’He was picked, released by DSS after meeting with DG’
Former Gov. James Ibori of Delta has arrived in the country on Saturday.
An official of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the British Airways conveying Ibori touched down in the airport early in the morning.
The official, pleading anonymity, said that the former governor was picked up by some people to an undisclosed place.
He also said he could not confirm the identity of the people that picked him up from the airport.
The DEFENDER however gathered later that the former Delta State governor’s pickers were DSS operatives, who picked him on arrival to the secret police’s headquarters where he was said to have been released after a meeting with DSS Director-General, Mallam Lawal Daura.
Ibori was picked up by DSS for what was described as a briefing.
The former governor of Delta state returned to the country on Saturday after serving a jail term for fraud in the UK.
He was convicted for corruption and money laundering on April 17, 2012, after five years of trial.
The Southwark Crown Court, UK, sentenced him to 13 years in prison while his houses, luxury cars and other property items were confiscated.
The judge, however, ruled that Ibori would spend half of the jail term which is six and half years.
Born on Aug. 4, 1959, Ibori was the governor of Delta from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2007 on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
