urhobotoday Ibori $15m. Bribe: Delta State Govt. May Appeal against Ruling LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-THE last may not have been heard on the controversial $15 million allegedly offered by the disgraced former governor of the state as bribe to Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the Delta State Government yesterday dropped hints of its intention to appeal the judgment. Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court Abuja had on Friday ruled that the bribe money by Ibori, who was sentenced to a 13-year jail term in the United Kingdom in April last year over corruption, be given to the federal government instead of the Delta State government which also laid claim to it. Speaking in two separate interviews Saturday in Asaba both the Delta State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Charles Adjuya and his counterpart in Information, Mr. Chike Ogeah, said that the government is still studying the judgment and will make its stand known once it gets a certified true copy of the judgment. Adjuya said that the government will definitely do something about the case but is yet to fully get a detailed brief from its counsels. Ogeah, a lawyer, amplified Adjuya saying that the government will carefully study the judgment so as to find out how the trial judge arrived at his decision of giving the money, which he insisted, was “unclaimed property” to the federal government. The Information Commissioner reminded that the option of appeal is always there and that the government is writing for the enrolment of the judgment and will only take a definite stand on the matter after that. Ogeah said: “I am in touch with the Attorney General. We have not read the judgment yet. The option of appeal is there but first we have to read the judgment to know how the judge arrived at the decision both in facts and law. We will write for the enrolment of the judgment. We will demand for a certified true copy of the judgment once it has been enrolled. He said that the judgment obviously fell short of the expectation of the state government, which had fought hard for the money to carry out its human capital development and numerous infrastructural projects across the state. Source: Citizen
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:49:46 +0000
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