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James Ibori: UK returned to Nigeria £4.2m stolen by ex-goverThe news has been trending on the return of £4.2m from the UK to Nigeria. The repatriated £4.2m is part of Chief Ibori’s humongous loot while in office as Governor of Delta State from 1999 to 2007. It was estimated that he stole over £150m which he squirrelled away in various bank accounts in the UK and other places. Even after doing time in prison in the UK for stealing Delta State funds, Chief Ibori is still the undisputed leader of a cabal that has successfully underdeveloped Delta State by stealing it dry. This informs why Delta is the least developed of all the major oil-bearing States. He, it was rumored, installed the sitting governor of Delta State from his prison cell in the UK. He did the same for Senators, members of the House of Representatives, House of Assembly members, etc. When he left office in 2007, he left visible trails of corruption that even the blind could see. EFCC wasted no time in arraigning him, firs