A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Former Deputy Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof Ernest Ojukwu SAN has reacted the reports of the arraignment of a House of Representatives Member from Rivers State on money laundering charges under the 2011 Money Laundering Act, describing it either as crass ignorance or crack corruption.

Recall that on the eve of the February 25th elections, Honourable Chinyere Igwe representing Port Harcourt Federal constituency was nabbed by the police for laundering $498,100.

He was charged to court on Wednesday, 8th of March by the police on a one-count of money laundering contrary to the sections of the Money Laundering and Prohibition Act 2011.

However, in a tweet on Wednesday, renowned legal academic questioned the charge drawn under the 2011 Act when the said Act has since been repealed with the extant Act being the 2022 Act.

According to the Learned Silk, it is either the police prosecutors are not abreast of the recent development or it might just be a smokescreen to decoy Nigerians and have the case struck out on technical ground.

The Presiding Judge, Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam has adjourned the case till March 14, 2023 for consideration of the bail application by the federal lawmaker’s lawyer, Ibisiki Tonye, while the accused would remain in police custody.

Justice Daylop-Pam also announced that the criminal trial would begin on May 4, 2023.

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