Britain Detains Wife of the Former Governor of the Delta State of Nigeria

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Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
24
Issue: 
1
22
Abstract: 
On November 1, 2007, officers of the London Metropolitan Police (the Met Police) arrested Nkoyo Theresa Nakanda, wife of James Ibori, the former governor of Delta State in Nigeria at London’s Heathrow Airport. She was detained as she waited to board a flight to Lagos. The arrest was made in connection with pending enquiries into money laundering involving her husband...[more]