The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for post-conviction bail brought by Peter Nwaoboshi, who was jailed for seven years on money laundering charges.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for post-conviction bail brought by a serving senator representing Delta North, Peter Nwaoboshi, who was jailed for seven years on money laundering charges. While dismissing his application, a five-member panel of the apex court, noted that Nwaoboshi’s conduct was a slap on democracy and the rule of law. Justice Emmanuel Agim wondered why Nwaoboshi, who refused to submit himself to the law, was now seeking the indulgence of the law.

He noted that being a serving senator and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for senator of Delta North ought to be an assurance that he is law-abiding and will readily submit to the authority of the law. In his contribution, Justice Tijani Abubakar wondered why a lawmaker of the status of a senator will find it difficult to obey the law he participated in enacting. The court subsequently dismissed his application, describing it as frivolous, vexatious and irritating.