Nigeria: Day Navy 'Invaded' Oghara Community With Development Projects

1 July 2011

It was indeed an exceptional day at Oghara, the country home of the ex-governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori. In Nigeria, the date is regarded as 'Democracy Day', but that was not the reason men, women and children of the community trooped out with the seven-letter word, ecstasy, graciously revealed on their faces, as they danced and made merry.

It was not also that a miracle happened overnight, which saw their well-known son, Chief Ibori, back to Nigeria from the United kingdom, where he is presently holed up in detention for money laundering and other charges. Nothing like that happened.

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