EFCC SHOULD PRODUCE CHIEF RAYMOND DOKPESI IN COURT ON DEC I4th 2015. COURT ORDERS.

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) to produce the former chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, in court on December 14, 2015 and show cause why he should not be granted conditional or uncondi­tional bail by the court.

Dokpesi had being in the custody of the EFCC in the last one week over an alleged money laundering involving N2.1 billion.
Justice Kolawole, while ruling in an exparte motion argued by Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), ordered the EFCC should be put on notice and appear on Decem­ber 14 with the detained former boss of DAAR Com­munications.

In the exparte application filed on December 3, Oze­khome had prayed the court for an order to compel EFCC to produce Dokpesi, who is presently in its cus­tody.
He also pray the court for an order admitting Dok­pesi to bail on self recognisance or liberal terms pend­ing his formal arraignment by the anti-graft agency.
The grounds of the exparte motion, among others waa that Dokpesi had been detained for more than 48 hours without filing any criminal charge against him as required by law.
Dokpesi was also said to have, on December 1, re­ported at the headquarters of the EFCC following a telephone call to that effect, but was subsequentlt de­tained after several hours of unprepared interroga­tion.
tersOther grounds for the motion is that the offences al­leged against Dokpesi are ordinarily bailable, adding also that Dokpesi has no reason or any likelihood to jump bail, escape justice or interfere with witnesses.
Ozekhome said Dokpesi has no criminal antecedent or record and that because of hs status in the society, he should be granted bail on self recognisance or in the most liberal terms.
It will be recalled that Chief Dokpesi was on Decem­ber 1, arrested and detained in connection with money disbursed from the office of the former National Secu­rity Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki (rtd).