The former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, arrived his country home, Oghara, headquarters of Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state, after 7 years to a rousing welcome by his kinsmen, politicians, friends and top functionaries of the state government, yesterday.
Human movement literally came to a halt at Oghara after his arrival from Benin airport in the company of his associates, including his long-standing All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain ally, Chief Ayiri Emami. His entourage could not disembark on arrival at Oghara because of the mammoth crowd until about 3.41pm, 21 minutes after he arrived, as not only the villagers, but political associates and friends also flooded the country home.
At exactly 3:45p.m, Ibori came out of a black tinted Lexus Jeep in a whirl of screams and wild jubilation from the crowd, which had defied security blockade, to catch a glimpse of the man they refer to as the ‘father of politics’ in Delta State. He waved to the crowd as he sauntered out, meandering his way through the surging crowd and went straight into his apartment where political associates, friends and chiefs from Oghara had sat patiently awaiting his arrival.
The former governor did not speak to journalists at Oghara, Benin and Abuja, probably following an understanding that he should not speak to the media to avoid overheating the polity. Ibori, who returned to Nigeria aboard a British Airways flight, first landed at the Abuja International Airport and had a session with the Director General, Department of State Services, DSS, Lawal Daura, in the federal capital before he flew to Benin-City, Edo State
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