FORMER commerce minister Chief Bola Kuforiji-Olubi appears to be serving out a one-month prison sentence in the UK after being found guilty of contempt of court on February 18 and ordered to be remanded at Holloway Prison.Chief Kuforiji-Olubi, a former bank chief executive who served as a minister during the tenure of Chief Ernest Shonekan and General Sani Abacha, was convicted of contempt on February 18 by Justice Michael Burton of the Commercial Division of the High Court of Justice Queens Branch Division. She was found guilty of disobeying the orders of the court and remanded in custody at Holloway.
Apparently, Chief Kuforiji-Olubi attempted to repeat the levity with which high profile individuals usually treat court orders in Nigeria in London. Her son, Olutokunbo Afolabi Kuforiji, who is said to be allegedly on the run, was sentenced to four months imprisonment, and ordered to be remanded at the Her Majesty’s Prison Pentonville from the day of apprehension.
Apparently, Chief Kuforiji-Olubi attempted to repeat the levity with which high profile individuals usually treat court orders in Nigeria in London. Her son, Olutokunbo Afolabi Kuforiji, who is said to be allegedly on the run, was sentenced to four months imprisonment, and ordered to be remanded at the Her Majesty’s Prison Pentonville from the day of apprehension.
In addition, the duo and their firm, Phoenixtide Offshore Nigeria, was ordered to pay the plaintiff, Tidewater Marine International, an accumulated sum of £300,000 as costs. Apparently trouble started for Chief Kuforiji-Olubi 10 years ago when Tidewater Marine International began a relationship with Phoenix Oceanlines to form a company called Phoenixtide Offshore Nigeria owned by the former minister and her family.
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