The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed 19th of July for hearing of the application brought before it by Chairman Emeritus and Founder of Daar Communications Plc seeking the unfreezing of his accounts and release of his documents been held in the cause of the trial.
In the application, counsel for Raymond Dokpesi, Kanu Agabi, informed the court that the frozen accounts, as well as documents in the custody of the court, were in respect of the money laundering allegation levelled against his client, which had been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
He said Justice Elfrieda Williams-Dawodu of the Court of Appeal held that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against the appellants.
In opposition, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC counsel, Adeleke Atolagbe, said there was no hearing notice issued on the Commission and their attention was drawn to the matter by one of the applicant’s counsel.
However, an appeal has been entered against the decision of the Court of Appeal which upheld the ‘no-case submission filed by Dokpesi’ therefore, urged the court for a short notice pending the determination of the Supreme Court.
Justice John Tsoho noticed that the EFCC has not been served and blamed the court bailiff division for that, he, therefore, adjourned to 19th July for hearing.
Dokpesi was arraigned alongside Daar Investment and Holdings Ltd, they were alleged to have received the sum of 2.1 billion Naira from the office of the National Security Adviser between October 2014, and March 2015, which was said to have been used for the Peoples Democratic Party campaign, an allegation dismissed by the Court of Appeal.