The Chief of Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has been put on blast over claims that the Scotland Yard and the Crown Prosecution Service were complicit in a “deliberate cover-up” of evidences of police corruption that is crucial to the conviction of former governor of Delta state, James Ibori.

James Ibori was sentenced to 13 years in prison by a Southwark Crown Court after he was convicted of fraud and money-laundering in the United Kingdom.

However, the justice in his conviction has been questioned following evidence suggesting that the police and Crown prosecution colluded to suppress and hide relevant documents indicting the officers in charge of the case of corruption, which in itself would have helped Ibori’s case greatly.

One of the police officers involved in the case was said to have received about 19 suspicious cash deposits amounting to thousands of pounds after disclosing sensitive information.

Ibori’s lawyer, Bhadresh Gohil had during the trial blown the whistle on the corrupt officers but had been slammed with accusations of forging the evidence, and charged with perverting the course of justice.

However, in January, 2016, the charges against Gohil were dropped when the Crown prosecutors were forced to reveal critical documents revealing that the serving police officers did indeed take bribes, which the prosecution had insisted did not exist.

Gohil’s defence counsel Stephen Kamlish QC claimed the prosecution ‘in bad faith failed to investigate’ Gohil’s claims that some officers were involved in the bribery scandal.

Although the Metropolitan Police insist that no corruption was involved in the trial of Ibori, according to the Daily Mail, Sir Bernard is scheduled to appear before the Home Affairs Select Committee to answer questions as it was discovered that he was warned of the possibility of a miscarriage of justice in 2012.