AGF To Reopen Ibori, 30 Others Ex Governors Corruption Cases

                                  

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission ICPC disclosed on Monday that the commission had, last week, received a letter from the office of the AGF,giving the anti-graft agency a directive to reopen corruption case against ex governors previously investigated.


Some of the ex governor have been convicted on the charges preferred against them while others are currently undergoing trial on charges initiated against them by the EFCC at either the various divisions of the Federal High Court or the High Courts of their home states.

There are about five of the former governors, who are now serving senators,Some of them had served as senators after completing two terms as governors.according to source.
The sources did not disclose the names of those on the list so as not to bungle further investigations where necessary.
The affected personalities, it was learnt, served as governors for either one or two terms between 1999 and 2015, and are from all the six geopolitical zones in the country.
It was also confirmed that majority of those on the list belonged to the two dominant political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.

 Former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who was convicted in the United Kingdom for fraud-related charges and still serving his prison terms, was on the list.Apart from Ibori, two former governors from the South-South, are said to be on the list.
Five of the former governors are from the South-East, and three from the South-West.The PUNCH was informed that the ex-governors, whose cases would be reopened, included six from the North-West; six from the North-East, and eight from the North-Central.