Former Nigerian Delta state governor, James Ibori, has been ordered by a UK judge to surrender £100m ($130m) allegedly stolen, according to Reuters.
The confiscation order represents one of the largest individual seizures in recent British legal history.
Ibori, who is currently in Nigeria, stated that he intends to appeal against the order.
“The next steps will be to take my fight for justice to the highest courts in the UK,” he asserted in a statement.
Previously serving as the governor of the oil-rich Delta State from 1999 to 2007, Ibori was extradited from Dubai to Britain in 2011.
In 2012, he pleaded guilty to 10 counts of fraud and money laundering, resulting in a 13-year jail sentence, of which he served half, as per standard practice.
The case has been hailed as a significant milestone in the battle against corruption, not only in Britain—a global hub for money laundering—but also in Nigeria, where the enrichment of the ruling elite has long hindered the nation’s development.
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