Convicted former Delta state governor, James Ibori, yesterday said he is
not a thief at a thanksgiving service in his honour at the Oghara
Baptist Church. Speaking at the service which was well attended by his
family, friends, clergymen and others, Ibori said
"Today, I have decided to speak for myself, I am not a thief. I cannot
be a thief. Today is the day they say I should give testimony to God.
For those that know me, you know that my entire life is a testimony
itself and I have said it over and over again that my life is fashioned
by God, directed by God, sealed, acknowledged and blessed by God
and I believe that since the day I was born. Like
Archbishop Avwomakpa said, when this whole commotion started, what was
most painful to me was the pain and suffering that my people were going
through. What I went through has nothing to do with me as a person
because for some reasons, like I said to you, I drew my strength from
God and somehow, I knew that God would stand by me. I knew that one day,
this day would come. I am indeed very pleased that I can now stand
before you and look at your faces, faces that I have missed and those of
you that have indeed suffered the pains of my absence. It has nothing
to do with me.”
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