Dokpesi leaves jail after three days in Kuje prison
Category: Nigerian National News
Chief Raymond Dokpesi, finally left detention on Wednesday after
spending three days in Kuje prison in Abuja, where a Federal High Court
in Abuja remanded him pending when he would meet the N400m bail
conditions granted him with respect to N2.1bn fraud charges preferred
against him
His lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), confirmed his release in a text message at 8.18pm on Wednesday.
Ozekhome said Dokpesi was released from prison to him as his lawyer, his son, Raymond and his wife, Tosin.
The lawyer did not specify exactly when his client was released from
prison on Wednesday and the conditions which they found difficult to
fulfil.
The text message read, “High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi released
from Kuje Prisons to his counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), his son,
Raymond (Jnr); his wife, Tosin, after fulfilling the bail conditions
imposed by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja,
who granted bail on Monday, December 14 upon an application filed and
argued by his counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN).”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on December 11
arraigned Dokpesi along with his firm, Daar Investment and Holdings Ltd,
on six counts of money laundering and procurement fraud involving about
N2.1bn which he allegedly received from the office of the National
Security Adviser for the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential media
campaigns.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole in his ruling on Monday on an application by
defence lawyers, Chiefs Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) and Mike Ozekhome (SAN),
granted Dokpesi bail in the sum of N200m with the sureties in like sum.
The judge also ordered that Dokpesi be remanded in Kuje prison pending when he would fulfil the bail conditions.
The judge had also ruled that one of the two sureties who must be an
entrepreneur, must submit his or her title deed of a property worth
N200m in any part of Nigeria and produce three years tax clearance for
preceding years up till 2015.
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