BREAKING: Court Gives Fresh Verdict on Case Involving Top PDP Senator
- The alleged N805m fraud case involving the convicted Delta senator who avoided jail for seven months, has been quashed on Friday, July 7, 2023, by the Supreme Court
- Justice Emmanuel Agim in a ruling on Friday, upturned the conviction of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi by a lower Court (Court of Appeal)
- The presiding judge also ordered the release of the PDP senator who is currently being held at the Ikoyi prison in Lagos
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The Supreme Court has quashed the conviction of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, the lawmaker representing Delta North.
The court in a ruling on Friday, July 7, quashed his sentencing to seven years imprisonment for offences of fraud and money laundering.
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Friday's ruling of the Supreme Court
Delivering his verdict on Friday, Justice Emmanuel Agim ordered the senator's immediate release from Ikoyi prison in Lagos where he is currently being held, The Nation reported.
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The apex 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).
In a split decision of four-to-one, the Supreme 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 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, which subjected them to a needless criminal trial in relation to civil transactions.
Senator Peter Nwaoboshi's earlier arrest by the EFCC
Meanwhile, the EFCC arrested the convicted senator who has been on the run since he was jailed for seven years for corruption over seven months ago.
The senator was convicted by the Court of Appeal in Lagos on a two-count charge of fraud and money laundering on 1 July 2022, Premium Times report added.
Chimaroke Nnamani floors PDP as court nullifies expulsion
The expulsion of Senator Chimaroke Nnamani from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been nullified by Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Justice James Omotosho, who gave the ruling on Monday, July 3 described Nnamani’s expulsion from the PDP as null and void.
Omototosho added that the erstwhile National Chairman of the PDP, Dr Iyorchia Ayu led National Working Committee lacks the power to expel Nnamani.
2023 election: Court settles PDP NASS tussle in prominent state, gives final verdict
The controversy surrounding the gubernatorial candidature of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta state ahead of the 2023 elections has been settled by the court.
Justice F.A Olubanjo of the federal high court in Asaba, Delta state issued a ruling declaring Olorogun Taleb Tebite as the rightful candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ughelli North, Ughelli South, and Udu Federal constituency.
This verdict is coming after Tebite filed a suit against the party and the electoral body (INEC) and Chief Solomon Ahwinawhi over the replacement of his name with that of the latter after the party primaries.
Source: Legit.ng
