ONE of the key suspects in the $2billion “phoney” arms
contracts has admitted receiving N2.1billion from the office of the National
Security Adviser (NSA).
Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communication (Ray
Power and AIT), told the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that the cash was payment for publicity.
A statement issued yesterday by the management of DAAR
Communications Plc, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) and Ray
Power, said that after receiving a telephone call from the Acting Chairman of
the EFCC, Alhaji Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday, Dokpesi voluntarily responded to the
invitation by calling at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.
Dokpesi was asked to
”shed more light on some payments that were made to him through the
office of the erstwhile National Security Adviser to the former President,
Malam Sambo Dasuki”.
According to the statement, Dokpesi told the EFCC officials
that the N2.1 billion he collected from the former NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki
(rtd), was payment “for publicity and
media political campaigns during the 2015 General Elections.”
“He made his statement on the various media exposures and
campaign transactions which were dutifully carried out based essentially on
contractual obligations/relationship,” it added.
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