The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed a six-count charge against Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, on Thursday. Bobrisky will face arraignment on Friday before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos.
The first four counts of the charge relate to the abuse of the Naira, while the last two counts concern alleged money laundering.
According to the charge sheet filed by EFCC Prosecutor, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Rotimi Oyedepo, along with seven other lawyers, Bobrisky is alleged, in the first count, to have tampered with the sum of N400,000 by spraying it while dancing at a social event at the IMAX Circle Mall in Lekki, Lagos, on March 24, 2024. This act is contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act 2007.
In count two, Bobrisky is accused of tampering with another sum of N50,000 by spraying it at a social event while dancing at Aja Junction, Ikorodu, between July and August 2023.
Count three alleges that in December 2023, at White Steve Event Hall in Ikeja, Bobrisky sprayed and tampered with another sum of N20,000 while dancing.
Count four 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, trading under the name and style of Bob Express between September 1, 2021, and April 4, 2024, in Lagos, failed to submit to the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering a declaration of the activities of the said company, within which period the total sum of N127.7m was paid into the company account domiciled with Ecobank.
In count six, Bobrisky is also accused of failing to submit a declaration of the activities of the company within the same period when another N53m was paid into the company’s account, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 6(1)(a) and Section 19(1)(f) of the Money Laundering (Prevention And Prohibition) Act, and punishable under Section 19(2)(b) of the same Act.