Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, has ruled that social-media personality Ismaila Mustapha, widely known as Mompha, and his company Ismalob Global Investment Limited must enter their defence in the alleged N6 billion money-laundering suit brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The decision, delivered on Tuesday and shared by EFCC in a statement, follows several months of legal argument between the anti-graft agency and the defendants over whether the prosecution had established a case worthy of answer.

Mompha and his firm were first arraigned on 12 January 2022 on an eight-count charge that borders on conspiracy to launder funds der...