2014 PRESIDENTIAL PARDON LOADING: U.K to tranfer James Ibori and other 751 prisoners to Nigeria prisons

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THE Federal Government, on Thursday, signed a Prisoners’ Transfer Agreement (PTA) with the United Kingdom for the transfer of James Ibori, a former governor of Delta State, alongside other 751 Nigerians in British prisons, to complete their jail terms in Nigeria.

Ibori, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for corruption and money laundering charges at the Southwark Crown Court 9 in London, in April 2012, and has been incarceration in the country.
However, the signing of the PTA by both countries signalled the fact that James Ibori and others would be repatriated to complete their jail terms in Nigeria without a choice.

Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, who received the UK Minister of Justice, Mr Jeremy Wright, in his office, after the agreement was signed by Wright for UK and Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, said the bilateral agreement allows the return of prisoners to serve out their sentences in their home country, where both jurisdictions are in agreement.
In addition, the British government has also promised to give the country £1 million [about N280 million] to assist on comprehensive reformation of Nigerian prisons for the comfort of the inmates. About 15,316 Nigerians are in various prisons abroad, with the largest number of 752 serving time in the UK.