Below is a press statement from Ibori's media office...
Mr. Tony Eluemunor, Head of Ibori Media Office, said in a
press statement that that evidence was the highlight of Wednesday’s court
proceedings which was delayed for hours because the London Metropolitan Police
and the Crown Prosecution Service, suddenly turned lukewarm and refused to
appear in court for the day’s hearing.
A thoroughly disappointed Judge Tomlinson refused to adjourn hearing to
another day but issued an order by 12.30 pm that the Prosecution should be in
court by 2pm as the matter at hand, professional misconduct, dishonesty,
perverting the course of justice and criminal non-disclosures, lying to the
trial court and Court of Appeal, were serious and urgent. This time, the hunters have become the hunted
and Ibori’s defence team were the accusers while Ibori’s erstwhile accusers and
prosecutors were the accused.
Pointedly, two prosecutors; Sasha Wass and Esther
Schutzer-Weissmann were not only at the end of finger-pointing, and have been
dismissed from the Ibori case, their activities are now being challenged in
court for grounds on which to upturn all the convictions – Ibori’s and his
associates’. In fact, all the prosecution lawyers plus the entire police
officers that have represented the British Police have been dismissed from the
Iboir case and all other cases stemming from it – following allegations of
corruption against them; lies and deliberate misleading of the court.
Yet, the worst charge so far against the British prosecution
came when the court resumed by 2 pm as counsel to Ibori’s former lawyer, Badresh Gohil, dropped the
bombshell. The Counsel, Mr. Kamish,
stunned the court when he revealed a sinister conspiracy between Nigeria and
Britain to railroad Ibori and associates into jail. He backed this up by
pointing at a document signed by British and Nigerian governments agreeing that
the Department for International Development will be paid 25 million Pounds
Sterling from monies that will be confiscated from Ibori, before any penny is ever
remitted to Nigeria. With that document in place, that Department became so aggressive
as to start paying the salaries of some police investigators on the Ibori case,
especially that of Dectective Constable, John McDonald.
Wednesday’s hearing was at the request of Ibori’s lawyers for
the prosecution to explain their non-compliance with court orders made to ensure
fair as opposed to unfair trial. Mr. Kenneth Talbot represented Ibori while
Kamish stood for Gohil.
The case was adjourned to 8th March 2016, to
enable the Prosecution appoint new counsels as the old ones that have handled
the Ibori case since the beginning have now been tainted and dropped and may be
facing investigations of corruption and legal perversity.
Signed:
Tony Eluemunor
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