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The Case against James Ibori

December 12, 2007
IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT
IN THE KADUNA JUDICIAL DIVISION
HOLDEN AT KADUNA

CHARGE NO: ………………………….…

BETWEEN:

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA) COMPLAINANT

AND

1.    JAMES ONANEFE IBORI)
2.    UDOAMAKA OKORONKWO)
3.    MER ENGINEERING NIG. LTD.) ACCUSED
4    BAINENOX LIMITED)
5.    SAGICON NIG. LIMITED )

CHARGES
COUNT 1

That you MR. JAMES ONANEFE IBORI on or about 1st March,   2004 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did transfer the sum of N5,000,000.00 (Five Million Naira)  to your personal  account at Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) which sum formed part of the funds illegally withdrawn from the account of the Delta State Government  and which sum you knew represented the proceed of crime with the aim of concealing the nature of the proceed of the said crime and you thereby committed an offence punishable  under Section 14(1) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition ) Act 2004.

COUNT 2

That you MR. JAMES ONANEFE IBORI on or about 10th November, 2004 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did transfer the sum of N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira)  to your personal account at Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) which sum formed part of the funds illegally withdrawn from the account of the Delta State Government and which sum you knew represented the proceed of crime with the aim of concealing the nature of the proceed of the said crime and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 14(1) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2004.

COUNT 3

That you MR. JAMES ONANEFE IBORI on or about 1st March,   2006 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did transfer the sum of N20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million Naira) to your personal Account at Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) which sum formed part of the funds illegally withdrawn from the account of the Delta State Government  and which sum you knew represented the proceed of crime with the aim of concealing the nature of the proceed of the said crime and you thereby committed an offence punishable  under Section 14(1) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition ) Act 2004.

COUNT 4

That you MR. JAMES ONANEFE IBORI on or about 2nd October 2003 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did procure the PRIME CHAMBERS owned by PROFESSOR AGBE UTUAMA to retain in its account, the sum of N60,000,000.00 (Sixty Million Naira) which sum formed part of the funds illegally withdrawn from the account of the Delta State Government and which sum you knew represented the proceed of a crime and you thereby committed an offence punishable  under Section 16 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition ) Act 2003.

COUNT 5

That you MR. JAMES ONANEFE IBORI on or about 28th August, 2003 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did procure the PRIME CHAMBERS owned by PROFESSOR AGBE UTUAMA to retain in its account, the sum of N90,000,000.00 (Ninety Million Naira) which sum formed part of the funds illegally withdrawn from the account of the Delta State Government and which sum you knew represented the proceed of a crime and you thereby committed an offence punishable  under Section 16 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition ) Act 2003.

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