Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, June 20, 2025, adjourned further hearing in the case involving music promoter Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu ThankGod, also known as Eezee Tee, till September 26, 2025.
ThankGod, alongside his company, Eezee Global Concepts Limited, was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. They face an amended seven-count charge related to alleged foreign exchange malpractice and money laundering involving $397,106 (Three Hundred and Ninety-Seven Thousand, One Hundred and Six United States Dollars).
Previously, the case was before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, before being reassigned to Justice Aneke.
One of the charges reads: “That you, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu ThankGod and Eezee Global Concepts Limited, sometime in June 2023 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, not being an authorized buyer of foreign exchange appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria under Section 5(1) of the Foreign Exchange Monitoring and Miscellaneous (Provisions) Act CAP F34 LFN 2004 negotiated a foreign exchange transaction to wit: the Naira equivalent of the sum of $52,895.00 (Fifty-Two Thousand, Eight Hundred Ninety-Five USD) with Mr. Oladotun Olaobaju Mureke and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 5 and 29(1)(c) of the Foreign Exchange Monitoring and Miscellaneous (Provisions) Act Cap F34 LFN 2004 and punishable under Section 29(2) of the same Act.”
At the resumed hearing on Friday, prosecution counsel Bilkisu Buhari-Bala called the first witness, Mohammed Timta.
However, defence counsel Chikaosolu Ojukwu SAN informed the court that the defence was “on the verge of reaching an agreement” and requested “one last chance” to finalize it. He added that if no resolution was reached, the prosecution would proceed with the trial.
The court adjourned the matter to September 26, 2025, for further hearing.
