Supreme Court Quashes Senator Nwaoboshi’s Fraud Conviction After 1yr In Prison, Knocks EFCC For Prosecuting Him Unjustly

The Supreme Court has upturned the conviction of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and his sentencing to seven years imprisonment for offences of fraud and money laundering. The apex court ordered the immediate release of Nwaoboshi, who represented Delta North in the ninth Senate, from Ikoyi prisons in Lagos, where he is currently being held. Delivering Judgement, the 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).

2wks After He Was Acquitted By High Court, Appeal Court Slams 7yr Jail Term On Delta Senator, NWAOBOSHI For Money Laundering

Just less than two weeks after he was discharged and acquitted by a lower court for a same case, the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal today convicted and sentenced the Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, to seven years imprisonment. The court also ordered that the senator’s two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2021.