The senator who was convicted on a two-count charge of fraud and money laundering appealed to the Supreme Court to upturn...
Last July, Mr Nwaoboshi was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison by the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal.
In a ruling, Mr Ariwoola rescheduled the hearing of the appeal for 9 February instead of the earlier date of 21 November 2024. Mr Agabi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria , noted that his client is a serving senator, who is also seeking re-election in the 2023 general elections.He contended that it was imperative Mr Nwaoboshi’s appeal was heard on time to prevent a situation where he is made to serve his jail term only for his conviction to be quashed by the apex court.
In 2018, the senator and his two companies were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos over N322 million fraud and money laundering charges.
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