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The wife of the
former Governor of Delta State, Theresa Ibori, has been sentenced to
jail for five years by a London jury after she was found guilty on a
two count-charge of money laundering.

Found guilty with
Mr Ibori’s attorney, Bhadresh Gohil, who was on trial with Theresa. Mr
Gohil was found guilty on a similar charge and was remanded in police
custody.

He will be
sentenced after the conclusion of another trial involving the
laundering of proceeds of V-Mobile shares by James Ibori, Henry
Imashekka, David Edevbie and former Akwa Ibom governor, Victor Attah.
The trial will commence next Monday.

The recent
anti-corruption campaign on the Ibori’s has also seen the conviction of
the former governor’s sister Christine Ibori-Ibie; and mistress,
Udoamaka Okoronkwo-Onuigbo in a previous trial for helping him move an
estimated £70 million worth of looted funds through several London
banks. The two women are currently serving five-year jail terms each in
a London prison.

Mr Ibori is
currently detained in the United Arab Emirates where the Dubai court of
First Instance ruled in October that he should be extradited to the
United Kingdom to face charges on corruption, official theft and money
laundering saying he has “a case to answer in the UK.” But he is
appealing the judgement at the Emirate’s Supreme Court where he is
reported to have sought political asylum.

Mr Ibori was arrested in the Emirate by the International Police
(INTERPOL) in May after he was declared wanted by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly mismanaging N528
million shares of Delta State in Oceanic Bank a month before his arrest
in the UAE after evading arrest in Nigeria. A warrant of arrest was
also issued on him by the UK Metropolitan Police for money laundering.