SUPREME COURT REFUSES BAIL FOR JAILED DELTA SENATOR, PETER NWAOBOSHI

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for post-conviction bail brought by Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) jailed for seven years on money laundering charges. The Court of Appeal in Lagos had, in a judgment on July 1 last year convicted and sentenced Nwaoboshi on the charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Rather than serving the jail term, Nwaoboshi, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Delta North Senatorial District in Delta State in this year’s election, went underground. While…

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