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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) says Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for money laundering in absentia, has finally been remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos.
The Spokesperson of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
The arrest of the senator came less than two weeks after the Supreme Court rejected his post-conviction bail application which he filed from his hiding.
The Senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, who has been on the run for months after the Court of Appeal (Lagos Division) convicted and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for money laundering, is finally in prison custody. The lawmaker who was intercepted by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at a hospital in Lagos on Monday, February 6, was finally remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, to commence his prison term.
The Senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, who had been on the run months after the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal