Money laundering: S’Court nullifies Nwaoboshi’s conviction, orders release from prison

The supreme court on Friday, nullified the conviction of a former senator representing Delta North, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi.

Four out of five justices of the apex court, in the judgment delivered held that the senator was unjustly and maliciously prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

It could be recalled that the EFCC had arraigned Nwaoboshi and his two firms – Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd — in 2018 before Mohammed Idris, a judge who was later elevated to the court of appeal.

They were then re-arraigned before Chukwujekwu Aneke on October 5, 2018.

Details later…