The Supreme Court of Nigeria has reversed the conviction of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and his sentencing to 7 years imprisonment for offences of fraud and money laundering.
It also ordered his immediate release from Ikoyi prisons in Lagos where he is being held.
The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement also freed the two companies – Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd – tried with senator Nwaoboshi on a two-count charge brought against them by the anti-graft agency (EFCC)
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