Appeal Court Frees Dokpesi from N2.1bn Fraud Charges
By Alex Enumah The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal yesterday discharged founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi from the N2.1 billion fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A three-man panel of the appellate court in a unanimous judgment freed Dokpesi from the charges after it held that the prosecution failed to establish the ingredients of the charge. The EFCC had in 2015 dragged Dokposi to court accusing him and his company of illegally receiving funds considered as proceeds of crimes from a former National Security ...