The Court of Appeal in Abuja has quashed the N2.1b money laundering charges filed against the founder of Daar Commission Plc, Raymond Dokpesi, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The court upheld the no-case submission made by Dokpesi and Daar investment along with him in the seven-count criminal charges.
In the appeal filed by Kanu Agabi on behalf of Dokpesi, Justice Elfreda Williams-Daodu held that the EFCC failed woefully to establish a prima facie case against the appellants.
The judge also held that the ingredients of the offences were not provided by the prosecution as required by law that is a predicate offence, the ingredient of the offences against Dokpesi and Daar investment plc must be provided and none of the offence is established in line with the provision of the law.
The court noted that the EFCC failed to prove that the said money alleged was a proceed of breach of trust.
Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court had in November 2018 dismissed Dokpesi’s no-case submission that a prima facie case has been established against him.
In the trial which commenced in December 2015, the prosecution called 14 witnesses but has been finally laid to rest as it was dismissed by the Appeal Court.
