EFCC To Arraign Bobrisky Over Money Laundering
EFCC has announced that Nigerian social media personality, Bobrisky, will be arraigned for alleged money laundering. According to reports, Bobrisky is accused of committing six different offenses including tampering with sums of money while dancing at social events, failing to submit a declaration of activities for his company, Bob Express, and more. The alleged offenses were committed between September 2021 and March 2024. The charges against Bobrisky are contrary to several sections of the Central Bank Act 2007 and the Money Laundering (Prevention And Prohibition) Act.
Bobrisky will be arraigned on Friday before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Lagos.
While the first four counts of the charge border on abuse of the Naira, the last two counts border on alleged money laundering.
In the charge sheet filed by EFCC Prosecutor, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Rotimi Oyedepo, alongside seven other lawyers, Bobrisky in the first count is alleged to have tampered with the sum of N400,000 by spraying same while dancing at a social event at the IMAX Circle Mall, Lekki, Lagos.
