Former Nigeria state governor James Ibori receives 13-year sentence

The Guardian Tuesday 17th April, 2012

Nigeria 's richest men, has received a 13-year jail sentence after admitting fraud of nearly 50m, described by the judge as probably "ludicrously low".The former governor of Delta state in Nigeria pleaded guilty in February to 10 offences relating to conspiracy to launder funds from the state, substantive counts of money laundering and one count of obtaining money transfer by deception and fraud."In the light of other matters, perhaps that is a l...

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