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Updated Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:16 am TWN, AFP

Dubai to extradite Nigerian ex-governor to Britain

DUBAI -- A former Nigerian official arrested in Dubai by Interpol on charges of siphoning off millions of dollars of state assets is due to be extradited to Britain, a local newspaper reported on Monday

James Ibori, governor of the southern oil rich Delta between 1999 to 2007, who was arrested in May, “will soon be extradited to London,” Gulf News quoted a police source as saying.

Dubai police were not immediately available to confirm the report.

Ibori is charged with embezzling US$290 million (230 million euros) of public funds and money laundering while he was in office.

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