The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed a six-count charge against Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, on April 4, and is set to arraign him before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, April 5.
The first four counts of the charge relate to the abuse of the Naira, while the remaining two counts pertain to alleged money laundering.
In the charge sheet presented by EFCC Prosecutor, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Rotimi Oyedepo, alongside seven other legal practitioners, Bobrisky is accused, in the first count, of tampering with the sum of N400,000 by spraying it while dancing at a social event in Lagos on March 24, 2024. The commission contends that this act contravenes and is punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act 2007.
In count two, Bobrisky is alleged to have tampered with another sum of N50,000 by spraying it at a social event while dancing at Aja Junction, Ikorodu, between July and August 2023. Similarly, in count three, Bobrisky is accused of tampering with another sum of N20,000 by spraying it while dancing at White Steve Event Hall, Ikeja, in December 2023.
Count four also accuses Bobrisky of spraying and tampering with another sum of N20,000 while dancing at another event in Oniru, Victoria Island.
In count five, Bobrisky, while trading under the name and style of Bob Express between September 1, 2021, and April 4, 2024, in Lagos, allegedly failed to submit a declaration of the activities of the said company to the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, despite a total sum of N127.7m being paid into the company account domiciled in Ecobank during that period.
In count six, Bobrisky is accused of further failing to submit a declaration of the company’s activities within the same period when another N53m was paid into the company’s account, thereby violating Section 6(1)(a) and Section 19(1)(f) of the Money Laundering (Prevention And Prohibition) Act, punishable under Section 19(2)(b) of the same Act.
Bobrisky was apprehended by the commission on April 3.
