{"id":26351,"date":"2021-09-13T16:19:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T13:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=26351"},"modified":"2021-09-13T17:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:00:12","slug":"government-withdraws-charges-against-lawyer-nicholas-opio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/13\/government-withdraws-charges-against-lawyer-nicholas-opio\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Withdraws Charges Against Lawyer Nicholas Opio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Director of Public Prosecution, Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn charges of money laundering against human rights lawyer, Nichola Opiyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a letter dated 10\/09\/2021, Abodo informs court that the Director of Public Prosecution Hs decided to discontinue the proceedings against Nicholas Opiyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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It should be noted that on December 22nd<\/sup> 2020, Nicholas Opiyo was arrested by plain cloth security men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uganda Police Force then revealed on social media that Opiyo was in custody on suspicion of money laundering \u201cand related malicious acts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest was in relation to a sum of USD 340,000 (1.2 billion Shillings) which was channelled through an account in ABSA Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was detained with Anthony Odur, Simon Peter Esomu, and Herbert Dakasi, lawyers working for other civil society organisations, along with NUP\u2019s Hamid Tenywa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On December 31, 2020 Nicholas Opiyo was granted a Shs15million cash bail after more than a week in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opiyo is the Executive Director of Chapter Four, a leading non-profit legal and advocacy organisation focused on defending civil liberties, and has won several international awards for his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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