Judge Chukwujkwu Aneke of the Federal Superior Court in Lagos has granted N20 million bail to the musical producer and former manager of the artist of the Gospel Mercy Chinwo, Ezekiel Onyediedikachi, popularly known as Eezeetee, after a new accusation of $ 255,000, the foreign potholes of $ 255,000 were leveled against him by the commission of economic and financial crimes (EFCC).
In a brief failure delivered on Friday, Judge Aneke ordered that the bond was ensured with a guarantee that must reside in lakes and its own property equivalent to value to the amount of the bond.
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The court, which had previously released Eezetee under the custody of his lawyer, Ojukwu Chikaosolu, gave the accused 72 hours to meet the bail conditions.
The EFCC initially presented a position of 14 charges against Eezetee, accusing it of converting funds fraudulently.
However, the charges were reduced to seven later, with a key accusation that the defendant participated in foreign currency transactions without the necessary license.
The EFCC lawyer, Bilikisu Buhari-Bala, told the court that in June 2023, the defendant allegedly made a Forex transaction of $ 52,895 with an Oladotun Olaobaju Mureke without approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
According to the Prosecutor's Office, the Law contravenes the Law of Sections 5 and 29 (1) (c) of the Currency Law (monitoring and various provisions), Cap F34, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and is punished with section 29 (2) of the same legislation.
Eezeeee declared himself innocent of all charges. The case has been postponed until June 20, 2025, for the trial.
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