The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has set aside the N2.1 billion money laundering charges filed against the founder of DAAR Communications PLC Chief Raymond Dokpesi by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission .
Delivering judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Kanu Agabi on behalf of Dokpesi, Justice Elfreda Williams-Dawodu held that the EFCC failed woefully to establish a prima facie case against Dokpesi. The appellate court agreed with Agabi that being a predicate offence, the ingredients of the offences against Dokpesi must be provided.
Recall that the Federal High Court, Abuja had in November 2018, dismissed the no case submission filed by the AIT founder.The court dismissed the application on the grounds that a prima facie case had been successfully established against him by the EFCC.