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FG says Justice Ngwuta laundered N505m

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A Justice of the Supreme Court, Sylvester Ngwuta’s problems may have been compounded, as the Federal Government has amended the charges brought against him.

According to the new charges, Justice Ngwuta was alleged to have engaged in money laundering activities to the tune of N505 million.

Justice Ngwuta was arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, after his home was raided by the operatives of the nation’s secret police in a night raid on the 7 of October and the early hours of the 8th.

The new charge, filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, raised the counts of the old charge from 10 to 14.

The Federal Government also alleged that the laundered money was a proceed of illegal activities.

Justice Ngwuta, in the amended charge, was alleged to have transferred the total sum of N130 million to Nwamba Linus Chukwuebuka, a building contractor, on January 4, 2016 and another N165 million to the same contractor on or about April 2016.

He was further accused of transferring another N100 million to Chukwuebuka on or about April 2016 and N110 million to the same person on or about May, 2016.

Before the amended charge, the Supreme Court Justice was accused of retaining N35,358,000; $319,596 and £25,915 during the raid on his house by the operatives of the DSS.

He was also accused of contravening the Immigration Act by being in possession of two valid diplomatic passports and another two Nigerian passports. This is apart from falsifying his age to secure an additional diplomatic passport and making multiple applications at different passports offices with the aim of procuring multiple passports.

By Timothy Enietan-Matthews….

 

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