SAN FRANCISCO, February 04, (THEWILL) – Tony Eluemunor, Media Assistant to James Ibori, has debunked news reports that Ibori was released and then re-arrested by the London Metropolitan Police.
“The Media Office hereby informs Ibori’s teaming supporters that the news about the release of their champion and political leader from prison is not true,” he said in a press statement on Thursday.
“This news had set off a frenzy of activities in the entire South-South geo-political zone, as many people took off from their respective towns and villages to storm Ibori’s home town of Oghara. Many kept vigil at his gate; but the vigil was in vain as Ibori has not finished serving his term.”
“Perhaps, as the magnitude of the lie The News on-line publication told to itself and the nation (in a story it had termed an exclusive) dawned on it, its sister publication, PM News kicked in with another lie; that Ibori had been re-arrested. This caused a sleepless night to another set of Ibori’s supporters as they stayed up all night working the phone to find out the true situation.”
“The truth is that the exclusive stories published by The News and PM news were exclusive lies. Over 24 hours after the publications, no British authority has confirmed either the news of the release or of the purported re-arrest.”
Eluemunor alleged that the ‘malicious story’ was cocked up Ibori’s political and legal persecutors to counter the ray of hope that Ibori’s conviction may be struck down due to recent revelations against the London Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecutors of corruption in the way they investigated Ibori and his associates.
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