Chief James Onanefe Ibori is the former civillian governor of the oil rich Delta State 1999-2007 that midwifed the governorship rotation system among the three senatorial districts in the state that has produced relatve peace in the choice of where the state governor heal from among other achievements
He is also the publisher of the high flying Independent Newspapers Limited that has won the newspaper of the year twice.
Born on …. he is a frontline who together with the likes of Alman…. and Obong Victor Atta, governors of Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom states championed the resources control which led to the 13% derivation, which the nine oil producing states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo, Cross River, Ondo, Imo, Delta are enjoying today.
