Nigeria: Governors on trial

Former Delta State governor (1999-2007) James Ibori has lost his appeal against a 13-year prison sentence handed down in April 2012 by London’s Southwark Crown Court after he admitted ten counts of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering. Ibori, a powerful southerner, was arrested in Dubai in 2010 and extradited to the UK to stand trial. He is one of the few senior Nigerian politicians to be successfully prosecuted for corruption.