The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday discharged Raymond Dokpesi and his firm, Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited, of the charges of money laundering and breach of Procurement Act in relation to disbursement of the N2.1billion meant for arms purchase.
Dokpesi and firm had been accused of receiving the money in 2014 while Col Sambo Dasuki was the National Security Adviser (NSA).
A three- man panel of Court of Appeal, in two unanimous judgments, upheld the two appeals by Dokpesi and Daar Investment and proceeded to set aside an earlier ruling of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which rejected the no-case submissions made by the appellants.
Justice Elfreda Wiialims-Daudu held while reading the judgment that the prosecution did not make out a prima facie case against the appellants and did not also establish the elements of the offences charge to warrant the appellants to be called upon to enter defence.
