JUST IN: Supreme Court Voids Senator Nwaoboshi’s Conviction, Orders Immediate Unchaining

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Supreme Court on Friday nullified the conviction of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and his sentencing to seven years imprisonment for offences of fraud and money laundering.

The apex court ordered his immediate release from Ikoyi prisons in Lagos where he is being held.

EDITOR’S PICKS

• OPM’s Apostle Chibuzor Rushed To Hospital After Collapsing At Airport

• LP Member Claims Tinubu Is Copying Peter Obi’s Planned Policies

• ASUU Rejects Universities Commission’s Curriculum

The Supreme Court also freed the two companies – Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd – tried with him on a two-count charge brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

This online media platform gathered that the judgement was given in a split decision of four-to-one.

The apex court set aside the July 1, 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which reversed their discharge and acquittal by a Federal High Court in Lagos.

In a lead judgment by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the court held that Nwaobishi and the two companies were unjustly and maliciously prosecuted by the EFCC for committing no offences known to law, who subjected them to needless criminal trial in relation civil transaction.

Recall that the EFCC had accused Nwaoboshi and his companies of illegally acquiring a property named Guinea House on Marine Road, in Apapa, Lagos, for N805 million, property said to belong to the Delta State Govt.

FURTHER READING  

• INEC Gives Update On Suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa-Ari

• ‘Ignore Buhari’ – Shehu Sani Advises Tinubu On Probing Former Administration

• How Buhari Was Forced To Leave Daura – Aide Reveals

The anti-graft agency had claimed that part of the money paid for the property was transferred by Suiming Electrical Ltd on behalf of Nwaoboshi and Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd, adding the funds are believed to be proceeds of their illicit activities.

Click to watch our video of the week

---

Advertise or Publish a Story on EkoHot Blog:

Kindly contact us at [email protected]. Breaking stories should be sent to the above email and substantiated with pictorial evidence.

Citizen journalists will receive a token as data incentive.

Call or Whatsapp: 0803 561 7233, 0703 414 5611