Nigeria: Firms Convicted for Laundering $15.5m Allegedly Belonging to Patience Jonathan Appeal Verdict

19 April 2017

Four companies, convicted for laundering $15.591 million allegedly belonging to former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, have urged the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos to overturn the verdict.

Four men who represented the companies, namely Friday Davis, Agbor Baro, Dioghowori Frederick and Taiwo Ebenezer, pleaded guilty to laundering the money when they were arraigned before Justice Babs Kuewumi of the Federal High Court in Lagos.

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