The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the unfreezing of the bank account of the Chairman of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi.
The Chief Judge of the court, Justice John Tsoho, held that the account should be unfrozen immediately since Dokpesi has been discharged and acquitted of the charge upon which the freezing order was made.
He also held that the government has no basis over the account in the face of the subsisting and valid judgment of the Court of Appeal in the matter. Justice Tsoho noted that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has not applied for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Court of Appeal that invalidated the charge against Dokpesi.
Consequently, he ruled that his court was bound by law to give effect to the judgment of the appellate court. The Chief Judge also stated that although the EFCC has filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, such cannot stay the execution of the subsisting judgment as EFCC ought to have obtained a stay of execution.Recall thathad earlier reported that Dokpesi had approached the court for an order to unfreeze his account and release documents in the court’s custody.
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