Supreme Court orders release of Senator Nwaoboshi from prison

Supreme Court orders release of Senator Nwaoboshi from prison 

The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the seven-year jail sentence slammed on Senator Peter Nwaoboshi.

The apex court invalidated the money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against the lawmaker.

It ordered his immediate release from prison custody.

Nwaoboshi who represented Delta North Senatorial District was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on July 1, 2022 the Court of Appeal in Lagos.

He was convicted on two counts (charges) the EFCC brought against him.

The appellate court also ordered that his two companies – Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd – be sealed.

However, the Supreme Court, in a split decision of four-to-one, nullified the judgement of the appellate court.

It upheld the initial verdict of the Federal High Court in Lagos State, which discharged and acquitted the embattled former lawmaker of the charge against him.

The apex court, in its lead judgement delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, upturned the appellate court’s decision against Nwaoboshi’s companies.

The EFCC had alleged that Nwaoboshi and his companies illegally acquired a property named Guinea House on Marine Road, in Apapa, Lagos, for N805m, which belonged to the Delta State government.