A certain Mrs. Maryrose Ozoemena Nwadike, said to be a younger sister to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Chris Ngige, in the Anambra State governorship election was said to have been debarred from practicing law in Maryland, the United States for allegedly using her bank account to launder money for one of her elder brothers, presumed to be Chris. Nwadike was consequently debarred after a Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission was said to have found her guilty for using her escrow account to launder vast sums of money for the said brother and for lying to investigators and the judge when questioned about it. In the highlight of the commission’s decision, it was stated that the “Respondent claimed that $349,975 wired into her Attorney Trust Account on August 2005 came from (unspecified) personal injury cases and form attorney’s fees and reimbursed expenses in the Dr Ngige Election Tribunal Case (s) in Nigeria.” The documents of the long trial and investigation, outlined a vast array of infringements and “four year pattern of commingling funds which the Respondent claimed she used in paying for her personal expenses as intentional misappropriation.” A rather shocking part of the revelation was an alleged disbursement of a staggering sum of $349,975 for bringing a homeless American to delay Ngige's stay in office. All this was said to have happened at the time the APC candidate was busy selling himself off as the messiah opposed to looting of the state’s treasury by the godfathers and that he was suffering persecution for his principled stand. In a detailed rendering of the sleaze that Ngige allegedly orchestrated in office through his sister in the US, one of the documents obtained from the courts in Maryland, a copy of which was obtained by THISDAY stated thus: “Respondent produced only copies of deposit slips and customer receipts from 21 March 2003 through 7 June 2006, monthly bank statements from 1 August 2003 through 31 May 2006, and disbursed checks from 25 April 2003 through 22 May 2006 related to the trust account. Respondent never produced any requested billing statements, ledger cards, or accounting of funds that she received, maintained, and disbursed from her trust account during this period. “Respondent claimed to have received several deposits, totaling $110,493, in her attorney trust account slated to be transferred to the Ngige campaign, but she failed to provide an accounting reflecting these deposits. The record shows that, on 29 August 2005, she deposited a $120,000 personal check for which Judge Dugan found she offered again no logical or coherent accounting. “Respondent also transferred $ 50,000 into her attorney trust account in September 2005, funds which she claimed belonged to Ngige. From 2002 to 2006, Respondent disbursed from the account a total of $ 134,312.85 prior to making deposits necessary to fund those disbursements. When asked by Bar Counsel to explain several specific instances of this practice, Respondent replied to each inquiry that each premature disbursement was due to an "administrative glitch." A witness, Anthony Isama, testified that three suspect debits on Respondent's trust account paid to American Express, totaling $7,820, and one check issued from the account to "MBNA," for $ 35,600, were payments for credit card purchases Respondent made for Ngige's wife. Meanwhile, a further $ 50,000 cash withdrawal Respondent made from her account on December 4, 2002 was never explained. In addition, Respondent's refusal even to identify forthrightly Christopher Ngige as her brother was evasive, at best. Respondent stated disingenuously that Ngige merely was "somebody's name." Even though Ngige was not a client of the Respondents, she asserted an attorney-client privilege and refused to explain her relationship to him. When Isama testified that Ngige is Respondent's brother, Judge Dugan asked Respondent why she had engaged in such "subterfuge." Respondent kept mute. However, there are speculations that Ngige might be extradited to the US to answer questions arising from the case.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ngige-s-sister-debarred-in-us-over-alleged-money-laundering/163023/

Firstorum d commentorum. success well deserved.

What is this? All in d name of trynna tarnish onwa's image, see how low his enemies are sinking.
And you're going to see that, The same people saying stella oduah , their sister should not be sacked by gej are the ones going to believe and possibly munch ngige over this fake news.
Onwa stands for the truh, dont destroy him because of party affiliation.
If u believe this news, then it will not be difficult for you to believe 'tokyo' is the capital of nigeria and barack obama is the governor of yobe state.
onwa is innocent!

Kemy11: Firstorum d commentorum. success well deserved.

check again and see ur position.

Inter-resting.

Most lawyers that get disbarred in the U.S., it's due to playing with clients (settlement) money. That's why they have special escrow rules for handling client's funds. It is very rigorously enforced. If you ever get reported for such, kiss your lawyers license goodbye. No state bar will let you in until you've resolved the issue. Just hope it's a temporary disbarment.

FYI, former president Clinton was permanently disbarred. For lying under oath. That sleazebag.

caseless: What is this? All in d name of trynna tarnish onwa's image, see how low his enemies are sinking.
And you're going to see that, The same people saying stella oduah , their sister should not be sacked by gej are the ones going to believe and possibly munch ngige over this fake news.
Onwa stands for the truh, dont destroy him because of party affiliation.
If u believe this news, then it will not be difficult for you to believe 'tokyo' is the capital of nigeria and barack obama is the governor of yobe state.
onwa is innocent!

My frnd, QUIET. This news has been in d public space for almost 2 weeks now and Ngige has not come out to denail it, d way he denies other stories. Plus, Thisday Newspapers published parts of the Debarment Documents obtained from d Public record of d State of Maryland..... Don't be too fast to dismiss it as false; let Ngige himself do so, with a robust response

taharqa: My frnd, QUIET. This news has been in d public space for almost 2 weeks now and Ngige has not come out to denail it, d way he denies other stories. Plus, Thisday Newspapers published parts of the Debarment Documents obtained from d Public record of d State of Maryland..... Don't be too fast to dismiss it as false; let Ngige himself do so, with a robust response

u people are too credulous when lies are being peddled against pple frm d opposition party(apc), but fall short of this when it is about pdp. Sms!

caseless: u people are too credulous when lies are being peddled against pple frm d opposition party(apc), but fall short of this when it is about pdp. Sms!

SHUT IT.

I have consistently shot down allegations made against so-called 'opposition' persons when they do not make sense here on NL; I did so recently on that 'Ngige beats a priest' thread (go check).

But this is different:
- It is coming from a known National Newspaper.

- dOCUMENTS obtained from public records of a State in the USA was presented and used.

- And lastly, the Ngige's Camp have not responded to this allegation for over 2 weeks now, even when they usually respond to every such allegation Swiftly. WHY do you??