Justice Tsoho ordered the account domiciled at the First Bank be immediately unfrozen since the criminal charges which precipitated the restriction on the account had been dismissed and Dokpesi discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal. Delivering a ruling in an application filed and argued by Kanu Agabi SAN on behalf of Dokpesi, Justice […]
Justice Tsoho ordered the account domiciled at the First Bank be immediately unfrozen since the criminal charges which precipitated the restriction on the account had been dismissed and Dokpesi discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal.
He thereafter ordered that the freeze order and post no debit on the account be immediately removed in compliance with the appellate court decision.On the claim of EFCC that it has gone on appeal at Supreme Court, Justice Tsoho held that the notice of appeal filed at the apex court cannot in law stay the execution of the subsisting judgment.He also ordered that all documents seized from Dokpesi or voluntarily surrendered to the federal government be immediately returned to him.
Agabi further argued that the charge which led to the freezing of the account was no longer in existence while Dokpesi was discharged and acquitted in all the charges.He also argued that the Court of Appeal judgment which set aside the charges against Dokpesi is still subsisting, valid and binding on both the court and EFCC.
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