Mercy Chinwo’s Former Manager, Eezee Tee, Arraigned for Alleged $397,000 Money Laundering.

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned popular music promoter Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu ThankGod, widely known as Eezee Tee, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Eezee Tee and his company, Eezee Global Concepts Limited, face a refiled seven-count amended charge involving alleged foreign exchange infractions and money laundering totaling $397,106.

The case, originally brought before Justice Owoeye, has now been reassigned to Justice Aneke for further hearings.One charge alleges that in June 2023, Eezee Tee illegally negotiated a foreign exchange deal worth $52,895 with one Mr. Oladotun Olaobaju Mureke, in violation of laws governing foreign currency transactions.

Another charge accuses him and his company of failing to declare company activities to the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering in 2024, during which $137,383 was deposited into a Zenith Bank account belonging to the firm.Eezee Tee pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The EFCC’s counsel, Bilkisu Buhari-Bala, requested a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded. However, the defense, led by SAN Chikaozolu Ojukwu, sought bail on lenient terms and requested that the defendant remain in his custody.

Buhari-Bala opposed the bail, citing Eezee Tee’s repeated evasion of service and failure to honor EFCC invitations. Justice Aneke postponed ruling on the bail application to May 9, 2025, and temporarily released the defendant into his lawyer’s custody.