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A London court has awarded £ 1 as damages to pay former state governor of Delta and money launderer James Ibori convicted of his claim of illegal detention by British Interior Minister Amber Rudd, UK Evening Standard reports.
Judge Cheema- Grubb ruled that Ibori was illegally detained for a day, 18 hours and 10 minutes between 20 and 21 December last year. Ibori had claimed £ 4,000 as damages. "There is no compensatory loss for Mr Ibori and I fix The nominal damages at £ 1, "the judge said.
Ibori was imprisoned for fraud for a total of nearly £ 50 million in April 2012. Ibi, who was to be released on 20 December 2016, was arrested by the Interior Ministry after indicating that there was no intention to deport Ibori to Nigeria until he delivered at least £ 57 million.
High Court Justice May ordered that Ibori be released under conditions Describing the attempts to arrest him as "quite extraordinary." He was later released and returned to Nigeria in February 2017.
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