A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bilikisu Bala, on Monday, told a Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating allegations of corruption against some officers of the Commission, and the Nigeria Correctional Service that charges of money laundering dropped in the trial of Idris Okuneye (a.k.a Bobrisky) were lawful and in compliance with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.
The EFCC disclosed this in a statement on Monday narrating the address of the prosecutor to the House Committee.
Bala, head of the prosecution team that handled the trial of Okuneye pointed out to the Committee that the charges were dropped based on the disclosure of the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) that Okunenye’s firm, Bob Express, was not a Designated Non-Financial Institution, Business and Profession (DNFIBP) and could not be prosecuted for flouting provisions of the Money Laundering Prevention & Prohibition Act, 2022.
