The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday has struck out the no-case submission filed by the media mogul, Raymond Dokpesi, his Daar Investment and Holdings Company Limited, and ruled that they must explain the ₦2.1bn they allegedly received from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2015.
Justice John Tsoho ruled that the defendants, who are the founder and the parent company of African Independent Television and Ray Power Radio, had a case to answer in respect of the money laundering and procurement fraud charges.
The judge held that a prima facie case has been made against the defendants.
The judge however described as “instructive” the analysis of the case made by the prosecuting counsel, who contended in his written submission that Dokpesi and his company reasonably ought to know that the sum of N2.1bn was part of the proceeds of Dasuki’s illegal activities.
