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Isabella Mimie Oshodin
Lagos-based businesswoman married to Robert Oshodin; arraigned by EFCC alongside Bob Oshodin Organisation Ltd in 2019 on a 25-count charge (FHC/ABJ/CR/114/2019) of conspiracy to commit money laundering, transfer of funds from Nigeria to United States accounts (Portfolio Escrow Co., Wells Fargo Bank, Robin G.), and acquisition of US properties from ONSA proceeds. Discharged and acquitted on all 25 counts by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja on 10 March 2026 — ruling that prosecution evidence was 'speculative' and corroborated by the defence; that the EFCC investigators never visited the Benin City factory; that key statements were inadmissible for being neither electronically recorded nor taken in presence of legal counsel; and that the absence of Dasuki himself as a prosecution witness weakened the case. The judgment is widely cited as a structural indictment of EFCC investigative practice.
Sources
- SOURCE-01Premium Times — Court frees Oshodin, firm from money laundering charges involving $12m linked to NSA office
- Premium Times — Court frees Oshodin, firm from money laundering charges involving $12m linked to NSA officewww.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/870702-court-frees-oshodin-firm-from-money-laundering-charges-involving-12m-linked-to-nsa-office.html
- SOURCE-02TheCable — Court acquits woman of 'N22.9bn money laundering' in case linked to Dasuki
- TheCable — Court acquits woman of 'N22.9bn money laundering' in case linked to Dasukiwww.thecable.ng/court-acquits-woman-of-n22-9bn-money-laundering-in-case-linked-to-dasuki/
- SOURCE-03Punch — Dasukigate: The Corruption List That Simply Disappeared (May 2026)
- Punch — Dasukigate: The Corruption List That Simply Disappeared (May 2026)punchng.com/the-sambo-dasuki-list-that-vanished/
- SOURCE-04PRNigeria — Court Acquits Businesswoman Oshodins in Money Laundering Case (April 2026)
- PRNigeria — Court Acquits Businesswoman Oshodins in Money Laundering Case (April 2026)prnigeria.com/2026/04/11/court-acquits-businesswoman/
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