Ibori’s London Lawyer, Gohil Gets 7-Year Jail Sentence

Mr. Bhadresh Gohil, the embattled London lawyer of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori has been sentenced to a 7-year term in prison for fraud and money laundering following his role in various financial dealings involving the former governor on one hand, and his involvement in the disposal of shares of governments of Akwa Ibom, Lagos and Delta in Nigeria’s telecommunications company V-Mobile (now Airtel) and laundering of the proceeds.

Mr. Bhadresh, a partner at Arlington Sharma Solicitors had a few months ago entered a guilty plea on all charges of conspiracy, forgery and money laundering leveled against him by the prosecution and was subsequently remanded in prison awaiting sentencing. - The Will Nigeria