Former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has been placed under house arrest in London following his release from UK prison.

According to Dailypost, the London court which released him on Wednesday morning has restricted him to his St. John’s Wood residence, as he would be reporting to the London Metropolitan Police on weekly basis.

Ibori had spent six years after been convicted for stealing and laundering Nigeria’s money.

Ibori’s case was re-opened in 2010 after a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba had discharged him of all 170 charges.

The former Governor had resisted arrest and fled to Dubai, but was later extradited to the UK.