SilverSurfer

A Nigerian man was working as a cashier at a DIY (hardware) store in London. He was caught letting his wife steal £200 worth of materials. Both convicted. One year later he was arrested again. This time at Euston station with another man’s stolen credit card. Convicted again. He returned to Nigeria. And he ran for governor of Delta State. Nigerian law said you cannot run if you have a criminal conviction. He forged his date of birth on his passport to hide his UK record. Nobody checked. He won. 😂😂😂 His official salary as governor was $25,000 a year. He bought six properties in London. A mansion in Johannesburg. Properties in Washington and Houston. A private jet worth $20 million. A Bentley. A Maybach. A fleet of armoured Range Rovers. His American Express bills showed he spent tens of thousands of dollars every single month on luxury hotels, clubs and shopping. In 2007 Nigeria’s anti-corruption chief accused him of stealing $250 million from Delta State. Ibori offered the EFCC chairman $15 million in cash to drop the case. The chairman pretended to accept. Then deposited the cash at the Central Bank. Nigerian courts still acquitted him on all 170 charges. He ran. Escaped to Dubai. A mob of his supporters fought off the police trying to arrest him. Interpol caught him in Dubai. The UK extradited him. In 2012 he pleaded guilty in a London court. The judge called the £50 million he admitted to stealing “ludicrously low.” He was sentenced to 13 years. Served half. Returned to Nigeria in 2017. A sitting senator was in the crowd that welcomed him home. His name is James Ibori. Nigeria never convicted him once. 🇳🇬

Let me be clear: the President of the country did not pay for Mama Joy's trips, despite what she may think. DSAC did. Both trips I could find info on from before my term were covered by the department. Her France trip alone cost R700k. I hope this matter can now be put to rest.