Money Laundering Charges Against Bobrisky Were Dropped Lawfully, Says EFCC

The charges of money laundering in the trial of Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, were dropped lawfully and in compliance with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.

This is according to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Prosecutor, Bilkisu Bala, who was speaking on Monday at a committee hearing at the House of Representatives. The committee is investigating allegations of corruption against some officers of the Commission, and the Nigerian Correctional Service.

The EFCC disclosed this in a statement on Monday narrating the address of the prosecutor to the House Committee.

Mrs Bala, who headed the prosecution team that handled the trial of Idris Okuneye, said the charges were dropped based on the disclosure of the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering that Bobrisky’s firm, Bob Express, was not a Designated Non-Financial Institution, Business and Profession and could not be prosecuted for flouting provisions of the Money Laundering Prevention & Prohibition Act, 2022.

She also dismissed claims of financial inducement in dropping charges, maintaining that no such thing happened.

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Idris Okuneye, who was convicted for abusing the naira, had alleged in a viral video that he offered N15 million as a bribe to some unnamed EFCC officers to drop money laundering charges against him.