‘I didn’t get all those millions from fraud, honest…’
A former Nigerian state governor who defrauded some of the world’s poorest people in a £117m scam claims he made his fortune legitimately. James Ibori, 62, was locked up for 13 years for fraud and money laundering back in 2012. Ibori, who had already spent two years in jail in Dubai, served four years and voluntarily returned to Nigeria in December 2016 after being told he faced deportation. The former £5,000-a-year Wickes cashier may have to pay back £116,821,955.28 in…