News about Sani Abacha

During his tenure as Nigerian Delta State governor James Ibori, 64, defrauded some of the world's poorest residents out of up to £157 million in public funds, lying about government contracts and embezzling money. The former Wickes cashier spent millions on luxurious homes, a £12.6 million private jet, fees at some of the UK's most expensive boarding schools for his children, first-class travel, and exclusive hotels. He also purchased homes in Washington, D.C. and Texas. The crooked politician owned a £600,000 fleet of armoured Range Rovers, a £120,000 Bentley, and a £340,000 Mercedes Maybach that were sent directly to his lavish £3.2 million mansion in Johannesburg. He also owned a £2.2 million home in Hampstead - paid cash for in cash in 2001 - and a £311,000 townhouse in Dorset. Ibori immigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1980s, where he married and married Theresa Ibori, a Middlesex woman, in Nower Hill, Pinner, Middlesex. He worked as a cashier at a building materials store Wickes in Ruislip, Middlesex, earning around £5,000 per year.