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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A Federal High Court in Lagos State has discharged and acquitted Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) of a N322 million money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n

The judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, held on Friday that the EFCC failed to prove the elements of the offences for which it charged Nwaoboshi.<\/p>\n

Aneke also discharged Nwaoboshi\u2019s two companies \u2013 Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd \u2013 on the same ground.<\/p>\n

He held, among others, that the prosecution\u2019s case collapsed because \u201cbank officials were not called to testify.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recall that the defendants were arraigned in 2018 before Justice Mohammed Idris, who was later elevated to the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

They were then re-arraigned before Justice Aneke on Oct. 5, 2018.<\/p>\n

In the 2-count charge marked FHC\/L\/117C\/18, the anti-graft agency alleged that the defendants committed the offence between May and June 2014, in Lagos State.<\/p>\n

Nwaoboshi was said to have purchased a property described as Guinea House, Marine Road, in Apapa Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A Federal High Court in Lagos State has discharged and acquitted Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) of a N322 million money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). 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