FG charges Supreme Court Justice with money laundering, age falsification

The central, on Tuesday, most well-liked six counts, together with concealing against a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, at the Federal supreme court in national capital.

He was defendant of holding in his residence N35,358,000; $319,596 and £25,915 throughout the
raid on his house by the operatives of the Department of State Services between Gregorian calendar month seven and eight.

The workplace of the lawyer General of the Federation, that filed the fees on weekday, delineated the sums of cash “as takings of unlawful activity”.

A highly-competent supply told The PUNCH on weekday that charges would even be most well-liked against a number of the judges underneath probe before the tip of the week.

The offences captured in counts one to a few area unit same to be contrary to Section fifteen (2) (d) of the money lavation (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended) and punishable underneath Section fifteen (3) of constant Act.

Apart from the money lavation charges, Justice Ngwuta is additionally defendant of being in possession of 2 valid Diplomatic Passports, associate offence same to be contrary to Section ten (1) (a) of the Immigration Act 2015.

The Justice of the apex court is equally defendant of “knowingly” creating a untruth to the Passport workplace regarding his date of birth for the aim of procuring a further Diplomatic Passport for himself in violation of Section ten (1)(c) of the Immigration Act.

He is defendant of submitting multiple application forms to at least one or additional passport offices with the intention of getting multiple Diplomatic Passports for himself in violation of Section ten (1) (d) of the Immigration Act 2015 and punishable underneath Section ten (1) of constant Act.

The workplace of the lawyer General of the Federation filed the fees, numbered, FHC/ABJ/CR/232/2016, before the Federal supreme court on weekday.

Justice Ngwuta was among the judges, whose homes were raided by the operatives of the DSS between Gregorian calendar month seven and eight.

The DSS alleged that it discovered giant sums of cash in foreign and native currencies within the raided homes.

Our correspondent confirmed on weekday that charges had not been filed against others, whom the AGF had same there was a clear case against.

The charges against Ngwuta browse, “Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, adult, ‘M’, 65 years, of No. a pair of Yellow homes, Supreme Court Quarters, Off Shehu Shagari approach, Central District, Abuja, on or concerning the eighth day of Gregorian calendar month, 2016, inside the jurisdiction of this honourable court, preserved in your possession the total of xxxv million, 300 and 48 thousand Nigerian monetary unit (NGN35,358,000.00), that total forms a part of the takings of associate unlawful act associated you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section fifteen (2) (d) of the money lavation (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended).

“Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, adult, ‘M’, sixty five years of No. a pair of Yellow homes, Supreme Court Quarters, Off Shehu Shagari approach, Central District, Abuja, on or concerning the eighth day of Gregorian calendar month, 2016, inside the jurisdiction of this honourable court, preserved in your possession the total of 300 and nineteen thousand 5 hundred and 96 u. s. of America bucks ($319,596), that total forms a part of the takings of associate unlawful act associated you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section fifteen (2) (d) of the money lavation (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended).

“Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, adult, ‘M’, 65 years, of No. a pair of Yellow homes, Supreme Court Quarters, off Shehu Shagari approach, Central District, Abuja, on or concerning the eighth day of Gregorian calendar month, 2016, inside the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, preserved in your possession the total of twenty-five thousand 9 hundred and fifteen pounds sterling (GBP twenty five,915), that total forms a part of the takings of associate unlawful act associated you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section fifteen (2)(d) of the money lavation (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended).

“Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, adult, ‘M’, 65 years, of No. a pair of Yellow homes, Supreme Court Quarters, off Shehu Shagari approach, Central District, Abuja, FCT, on eighth Gregorian calendar month, 2016, at Abuja, inside the jurisdiction of this honourable court, had in your possession 2 valid Diplomatic Passports associated you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section ten (1) (a) of the Immigration Act 2015.

“Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, adult, ‘M’, 65 years, of No. a pair of Yellow homes Supreme Court Quarters, Off Shehu Shagari approach, Central District, Abuja, FCT, on seventeen Sep, 2014, at Abuja, inside the jurisdiction of this honourable court, you wittingly created a untruth to the Passport workplace regarding your date of birth for the aim of procuring a further Diplomatic Passport for yourself associated you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 10(1)(c) of the Immigration Act.

“Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, adult,male, 65 years, of No. a pair of Yellow homes, Supreme Court Quarters, Off Shehu approach, Central District, Abuja, FCT, on day, 2014, inside the jurisdiction of this honourable court, you submitted multiple application forms to at least one or additional passport offices with the intention of getting multiple Diplomatic Passports for yourself associated thereby committed an offence contrary to Section ten (1) (d) of the Immigration Act 2015 and Punishable underneath Section ten (1) of constant Act.”